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Number Sets & Infinity

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MathematicsNumber Representation & Place Value|Ages 13—14|ID: mt_b4lbTOJYwI

Appreciate the infinite nature of the sets of integers, real numbers, and rational numbers; position integers on a number line and distinguish between rational and irrational numbers

Mastery Evidence

  • Explain that rational numbers can be written as a fraction of two integers and have terminating or repeating decimals
  • Give examples of irrational numbers and explain why their decimal expansions neither terminate nor repeat
  • Appreciate that between any two numbers there are infinitely many other numbers

Assessment Prompt

“Can [child] explain that numbers like √2 and π can't be written as exact fractions — and that their decimal expansions go on forever without repeating?”

Curriculum Standards3 alignments

8.NS.1Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
Know irrational numbers and decimal expansions

Know that numbers that are not rational are called irrational. Understand informally that every number has a decimal expansion; for rational numbers show that the decimal expansion repeats eventually, and convert a decimal expansion which repeats eventually into a rational number.

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8.NS.2Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
Approximate irrational numbers

Use rational approximations of irrational numbers to compare the size of irrational numbers, locate them approximately on a number line diagram, and estimate the value of expressions (e.g., π²). For example, by truncating the decimal expansion of √2, show that √2 is between 1 and 2, then between 1.4 and 1.5, and explain how to continue on to get better approximations.

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KS3.Maths.Num.16The national curriculum in England
Infinite Nature of Number Sets

appreciate the infinite nature of the sets of integers, real and rational numbers

Mathematics · Key Stage 3

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