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Composite numbers are those which are the product of at least two prime numbers. (It’s OK if
the prime factors of the number are repeated).
Prime numbers are those which have only two factors: The number 1, and the prime number
itself.
The number 1 is a unique case — it has only one factor (itself), and is thus not included in the set
of prime numbers.
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97.
Now start with a list of every number between 1 and 100 (inclusive). Remove the 1. Now
remove all of the primes (from the list shown above). What remains is a list of all of the
composite numbers:
4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40,
42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75,
76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100.
P(A) Power Set: all subsets of A P({1,2}) = { {}, {1}, {2}, {1,2} }
A=B Equality: both sets have the same members {3,4,5} = {5,3,4}
Cartesian Product {1,2} × {3,4}
A×B
(set of ordered pairs from A and B) = {(1,3), (1,4), (2,3), (2,4)}
|A| Cardinality: the number of elements of set A |{3,4}| = 2
Rational Numbers
Algebraic Numbers
Real Numbers
Imaginary Numbers 3i
Complex Numbers 2 + 5i
Intersection
In our case that means they play both Soccer AND Tennis ... which is casey and drew.
The special symbol for Intersection is an upside down "U" like this: ∩
In a Venn Diagram:
Counting Numbers are Whole Numbers, but without the zero. Because you can't "count" zero.
Natural Numbers
"Natural Numbers" can mean either "Counting Numbers" {1, 2, 3, ...}, or "Whole Numbers" {0,
1, 2, 3, ...}, depending on the subject.
Integers
Integers are like whole numbers, but they also include negative numbers ... but still no fractions
allowed!
So, integers can be negative {-1, -2,-3, -4, -5, ... }, positive {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... }, or zero {0}
These are all integers (click to mark), and they continue left and right infinitely:
Some people (not me) say that whole numbers can also be negative, which makes them exactly
the same as integers.
And some people say that zero is NOT a whole number. So there you go, not everyone agrees on
a simple thing!
My Standard
Integers { ... -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... } -15, 0, 27, 1102
And everyone agrees on the definition of an integer, so when in doubt say "integer".
And when you only want positive integers, say "positive integers". It is not only accurate, it
makes you sound intelligent. Like this (note: zero isn't positive or negative):
Other Numbers
Whole Numbers
No Fractions!
(But numbers like ½, 1.1 and 3.5 are not whole numbers.)