Chapter 1 - Number Sets - IB Math Studies (Math SL)

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This is a short tutorial describing the number sets from chapter 1 in IB Math Studies used throughout IB math exams.

This is from Harris Publication version of IB math book by Haese.

[FloMay]

this is a lifesaver! been stuck on number sets for the last two years! thank you :)

[xXguzmanXx]

The set of imaginary numbers is usually referred to as C with a double line. With C meaning complex.

[coltmerg]

4:32 I got my math teacher mad at me all the time for answering equations that had no real number value with i^2 = -1 * infinity, lots of detention =(

[douglasaranda]

On the Naked Zombie thingie, I visually picture a Nascar, even more easy to remember. Never got to learn about complex (imaginary) numbers in middle school, though, my teachers didn't even mention it, and to have a good learn about it we need Binomial theorem which I didn't learn either