Real Number/Examples

Examples of Real Numbers

The numbers:

$2$

$\dfrac 1 3 = 0 \cdotp 3333 \ldots$

$-1.5$

$\pi = 3 \cdotp 14159 \ldots$

are all real numbers

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): real number
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): real number