Question

What type is number is -277?

Answer 1

Question: What type of number is -277?
Answer: A

Step-by-step explanation:

Real numbers include the positive and negative integers and the fractions made from those integers (or rational numbers) and also the irrational numbers. So, we know that -277 is a real number.

Complex numbers are numbers that consist of two parts — a real number and an imaginary number. So, we know that -277 is not a complex number.

Imaginary numbers are the numbers when squared it gives the negative result. Even though -277 is a negative number, it isn't numbers being squared that makes this negative result, so we know that -277 is not an imaginary number.

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Answer 2

-277 is a real number

(it is a negative integer)

Step-by-step explanation:

-277 is a real number because there is no imaginary component