BASIC ARITHMETIC AND FRACTIONS
INTRODUCTION:-
Basic arithmetic involves the use of various mathematical symbols like '+' '-', etc. in our day to day life we use there symbols to make our decision. similarly fraction are use in our daily life. For example, 'half a kilogram (kg) of sweets means '1/2' in mathematical language.
BASIC DEFINITIONS
1. Natural numbers : Natural number are the counting number which starts from 1.
Thus 1,2,3,4,............are natural numbers.
2. Whole numbers : All natural numbers along with zero constitutes whole numbers. in other words, whole number starts from 0,1,2,3,4,.....are whole numbers.
3. Integers : An integer is a whole number that can be positive (e.g. 1,2,3,4...) or negative (e.g.-1,-2,-3,-4,.....)or zero. Thus -5.-4,0,8,10 etc. are some example of integers.
4. Even numbers : A whole number which is exactly divisible by 2 is called even number. Thus 2,4,6,8,10,12....even numbers.
5. Odd numbers : A whole number which is not exactly divisible by 2 is called odd number. Thus 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,....are odd numbers.
6. Consecutive numbers : The integers in their counting order are called consecutive numbers.
For example ,
(a) 8,9,10,11,12 (b) -3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3
7. Prime numbers : A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 which can be divided by itself and by 1only. For example 2 can be divided by 2 and by 1 only. Thus ,2 is a prime number. Other example are 3,5,7,11,19,23.....etc.
8. Co-prime number : If two numbers do not have a common factor other than 1, they are called co-prime numbers. In other words their H.C.F (Highest common factor) is 1. Example are
(a) 7 and 10 (b) 7 and 11 (c) 11 and 13