In this first chapter of study, we will introduce the set of natural numbers, then follow with the set of whole numbers. Along the way we will introduce a number of properties of the whole numbers and...In this first chapter of study, we will introduce the set of natural numbers, then follow with the set of whole numbers. Along the way we will introduce a number of properties of the whole numbers and show how that can be used to evaluate expressions involving whole number operations. We will also define what is meant by prime and composite numbers, discuss a number of divisibility tests, then show how any composite number can be written uniquely as a product of prime numbers.
In this first chapter of study, we will introduce the set of natural numbers, then follow with the set of whole numbers. Along the way we will introduce a number of properties of the whole numbers and...In this first chapter of study, we will introduce the set of natural numbers, then follow with the set of whole numbers. Along the way we will introduce a number of properties of the whole numbers and show how that can be used to evaluate expressions involving whole number operations. We will also define what is meant by prime and composite numbers, discuss a number of divisibility tests, then show how any composite number can be written uniquely as a product of prime numbers.