Number Families Worksheet

Number Families Exploration

Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work for short answer questions.

1. Which of the following is a whole number?

2. All natural numbers are also:

3. The set of numbers that includes all whole numbers and their opposites is called  .

4. A number that can be expressed as a fraction p/q, where p and q are integers and q is not zero, is a   number.

5. All integers are also whole numbers.

6. The number 0 is a natural number.

7. Give an example of a rational number that is not an integer. Explain why it is a rational number.

8. Plot the following numbers on the number line: -3, 0, 2.5, 4

Use the words below to complete the sentences.

9. Counting numbers starting from 1 are called  .

10. The set of numbers {0, 1, 2, 3, ...} are known as  .