counting: 1, 2, 3, 4, ...
whole: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ...
integers: ... , -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...
rational: all numbers that can be written as a ratio of integers
irrational: all numbers that cannot be written as a ratio of integers
real: all the numbers listed above
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complex: numbers of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers, and i is the imaginary unit (i.e., the square root of -1)