Stage 19 · Sets & Intervals — the Language of Functions

19.1.4 Names of Common Number Sets

19.1 From "a Kind of Thing" to a Set

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19.1.4 Names of Common Number Sets

Core idea

Naturals N, integers Z, rationals Q, reals R — like fixed nicknames given to a few big families.

Module goal. Build the intuition behind a set — bundling "objects that meet the same standard" into a single whole, and learning to write it down
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