Identify the set described as natural numbers , rational numbers, irrational numbers, real numbers, or integers.

Question

It is closed under addition and subtraction, multiplication, and division, with the exception of division by 0 which is not defined.

irrational numbers

integers

rational numbers

real numbers

natural numbers

Answer 1

The set described is the real numbers.

Real numbers include rational numbers (which can be expressed as a fraction of integers) and irrational numbers (which cannot be expressed as simple fractions) and are closed under addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division (except for division by zero).

So, the correct answer is real numbers.