# Number Systems

$$\mathbb N$$: The set of natural or counting numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. Some say this set does not include zero.

$$\mathbb Z$$: The set of integers. This set is the same as the set of natural numbers but includes the negative whole numbers.

$$\mathbb Q$$: The set of rational numbers. These are the numbers that can be expressed as a proper fraction or one integer divided by another.

$$\mathbb R$$: The set of real numbers. That is probably all the numbers you know unless you have studied the topic of Complex Numbers.

$$\mathbb R$$
$$\mathbb Q$$
$$\mathbb Z$$
$$\mathbb N$$
$$\text{one million}$$
$$\frac34$$
$$\cos 40^o$$
$$\pi$$
$$\sin 30^o$$
$$-\sqrt9$$
$$\frac{57}{9}$$
$$\frac23$$
$$\sqrt2$$
$$1.\dot4\dot2$$
$$\frac12\div\frac12$$
$$7$$
$$-2.479315...$$
$$1.3$$
$$1\div6$$

#### Striped Sweets

Colour the sweet wrappers so that no two are the same. A multi-level activity designed to encourage a systematic strategy for finding all of the different permutations.

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#### Pick The Primes

Pick the prime fruit from the tree as quickly as possible. Practise to improve your personal best time. So far this activity has been accessed 580 times and 48 people have earned a Transum Trophy for completing it.

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