Question

What is the definition of a real number?

Answer 1

Explanation:

A real number is a number that can be found on a number line. Numbers we use everyday. Real numbers include : natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, fractions, rational numbers, and irrational numbers. They do not include imaginary numbers, numbers that cannot be quantified, such as square root of -1.

Answer 2

A real number encompasses all numbers, whether it be irrational (irrational numbers go on forever) like pi or the square root of 5, an integer like a negative, a decimal, a fraction, 0, a whole number, a natural number etc.

Explanation:

A real number encompasses all numbers, whether it be irrational (irrational numbers go on forever) like pi or the square root of 5, an integer like a negative, a decimal, a fraction, 0, a whole number, a natural number etc. (This doesn't include imaginary numbers however, like the square root of -1.)