THE NUMBER STORY the story on how numbers

emerged
ONCE THERE LIVED A MAN
NAMED NOOMI RO
NOOMI IS VERY FOND OF PICKING
APPLES FROM HIS GARDEN AND
STORES THEM BEFORE HE EATS
THEM.
BUT EACH NIGHT, HE ALWAYS
FINDS OUT THAT THE NUMBER
OF APPLES IS DECREASING.
THIS DILEMMA LED NOOMI TO
REPRESENT ONE STONE WITH
ONE APPLE OR ONE STICK WITH
ONE APPLE. BY REPEATEDLY
DOING THIS, HE FOUND OUT
THAT MAN HAS A NATURAL NEED
TO COUNT. HENCE, NOOMI
LEARNED HOW TO COUNT.
HE STARTED BY COUNTING 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10 AND SO ON. HE KEPT THIS ON
RECORD AND NAMED THESE NUMBERS
THE NATURAL NUMBERS .
HE SAID THAT
THESE
NUMBERS ARE
USED FOR
COUNTING.
AS YEARS GO BY, NOOMI RO LEARNED
THE FOUR FUNDAMENTAL OPERATIONS.
HIS NEIGHBOR, MAY-NOS ASKED HIM
ONE DAY “IF YOU HAVE FIVE APPLES
AND I TAKE AWAY FIVE, HOW MUCH
WILL BE LEFT FOR YOU TO EAT?”
NOOMI RO CAN’T THINK OF AN
ANSWER BECAUSE HE DOESN’T HAVE
THIS NUMBER IN HIS RECORD. SO HE
THOUGHT OF ANOTHER NUMBER TO
REPRESENT NOTHINGNESS AND
CALLED IT ZERO.
 HE THEN INCLUDED ZERO IN HIS
RECORD AND NAMED THIS SET
AS WHOLE NUMBERS.
HE SAID THAT
THESE
NUMBERS ARE
USED TO
REPRESENT
WHOLE OBJECTS
ANOTHER DAY PASSED AND HE
WAS ASKED AGAIN BY HIS OTHER
NEIGHBOR, NIGGA TIB, “IF YOU
HAVE FIVE APPLES AND I TAKE
AWAY SEVEN, HOW MANY WILL BE
LEFT FOR YOU TO EAT?”.

??
NOOMI RO CAN’T THINK OF AN
ANSWER BECAUSE HE DOESN’T HAVE
THIS NUMBER IN HIS RECORD. SO HE
THOUGHT OF ANOTHER NUMBER TO
REPRESENT NUMBERS LESS THAN
ZERO AS NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
HE THEN INCLUDED NEGATIVE
NUMBERS IN HIS RECORD AND
NAMED THIS SET AS INTEGERS.
ACCORDING TO HIM, THESE
NUMBERS CAN BE USED TO
REPRESENT EXTREME COLD
TEMPERATURES, THE DEPTH
BELOW SEA LEVEL, ETC.
NOOMI WAS SO AMAZED BECAUSE HE
KEPT ON DISCOVERING NEW NUMBERS.
ONE DAY, WHILE NOOMI RO, FRANK SION,
DECY MULL, AND FER SCENT WERE
EATING A PIZZA, FRANK SION SUDDENLY
ASKED “WHAT NUMBER WILL REPRESENT
THE PIECE OF PIZZA I’M EATING?”
NOOMI RO CAN’T THINK OF AN ANSWER
BECAUSE HE DOESN’T HAVE THIS
NUMBER IN HIS RECORD. SO HE THOUGHT
OF ANOTHER NUMBER TO REPRESENT
NUMBERS THAT ARE NOT WHOLE AS
FRACTIONS, DECIMALS (TERMINATING
AND REPEATING), AND PERCENTAGES.
HE THEN INCLUDED FRACTIONS, DECIMALS
(TERMINATING AND REPEATING), AND
PERCENTAGES IN HIS RECORD AND NAMED THIS
SET AS RATIONAL NUMBERS.
ACCORDING TO HIM, THESE NUMBERS CAN BE USED TO
REPRESENT RATIO. THIS CAN BE APPLIED WHEN
REPRESENTING A PART OF A WHOLE SUCH AS A PIECE OF
PIZZA AND CAKE. WHILE DECIMALS AND PERCENTAGES
CAN BE SEEN FROM PRODUCTS IN SUPERMARKETS AND
DEPARTMENT STORES AS PRICE TAGS AND DISCOUNT
RATES.
ONE DAY, HE WENT TO A PARK AND SAW TWO
ADULTS PLAYING PAINTBALL. HE NOTICED THAT
ONE OF THEM IS GOING AROUND CIRCLES
(LITERALLY). HE ASKED HIMSELF ON WHAT
COULD BE THE DISTANCE AROUND THAT CIRCLE.
AND VOILA, HE CAME UP WITH ANOTHER NUMBER
AND HE CALLED IT “PI” WHICH IS A NON-
TERMINATING AND NON-REPEATING NUMBER.
OTHER NUMBERS WITH THE SAME
CHARACTERISTICS ARE RADICAL
NUMBERS. WHICH CAN BE APPLIED IN
PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM. OTHER
NUMBERS WITH SAME CHARACTERISTICS
CAN BE FOUND IN NATURE SUCH AS THE
NAUTILUS SHELL AND SUNFLOWERS.
HE THEN KEPT THIS ON RECORD BUT HE SAID
THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE
SET OF RATIONAL NUMBER BECAUSE THESE
NUMBERS CANNOT BE EXPRESSED AS A RATIO.
HE THEN GENERALLY CALLED THESE NUMBERS
THE IRRATIONAL NUMBERS.
HE THEN COMBINED ALL
NUMBERS THAT HE LISTED AND
GENERALLY CALLED THEM THE
REAL NUMBERS.
 BASED FROM THE STORY, THE VENN
DIAGRAM SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP
OF THESE SET OF NUMBERS.
REAL
NUMBERS RATIONAL NUMBERS IRRATIONAL NUMBERS
INTEGERS
WHOLE NUMBERS

COUNTING NUMBERS
REAL NUMBERS

THESE NUMBERS ARE EITHER

RATIONAL OR IRRATIONAL
NUMBERS.
RATIONAL NUMBERS

THESE ARE NUMBERS WHICH

CAN BE CHANGED AS A
FRACTION OR RATIO. IN
DECIMAL FORM, THESE
NUMBERS ARE EITHER
TERMINATING OR REPEATING.
IRRATIONAL NUMBERS

THESE ARE NUMBERS WHICH

CANNOT BE CHANGED AS A
FRACTION OR RATIO. IN DECIMAL
FORM, THESE NUMBERS ARE NON-
TERMINATING AND NON-
REPEATING
INTEGERS

THIS SET IS UNDER THE SET OF

RATIONAL NUMBERS.
THIS SET IS COMPOSED OF
WHOLE NUMBERS AND THEIR
OPPOSITES.
WHOLE NUMBERS

THIS SET IS UNDER THE SET OF

INTEGERS.
THE SET IS COMPOSED OF
COUNTING NUMBERS AND
ZERO.
NATURAL NUMBERS

THIS SET IS COMPOSED OF

COUNTING NUMBERS.