Question

What should be added to $ - \dfrac{1}{2}$ to obtain the nearest natural number?

Answer 1

Hint: First, we need to know about the concept of the natural numbers, the number that counts from the number $1$ and it goes in an increasing positive value like $2,3,....$
Hence the natural numbers are denoted as $1,2,3,....\infty $ and it is not finite as well as. If the zero is contained in the natural number then it is called the whole number $0,1,2,3,....\infty $

Complete step by step answer:
We also need to know about the addition operation.
Which is the sum of the given two or more than two numbers or terms or variables, and then it produces a new outcome like $1 + 1 = 2$
Since from the given that an unknown number should be added to $ - \dfrac{1}{2}$ to obtain the nearest natural number.
If we add the number $\dfrac{1}{2}$ (because of the given number contains the denominator as two) then we get $\dfrac{1}{2} - \dfrac{1}{2} = 0$ but which is a whole number because of the zero.
Now we add the number $\dfrac{3}{2}$ then we have $\dfrac{3}{2} - \dfrac{1}{2} = \dfrac{2}{2} \Rightarrow 1$ which is a natural number.
Hence, we get $\dfrac{3}{2}$ is the number should be added to $ - \dfrac{1}{2}$ to obtain the nearest natural number
Note:
Similarly, $ - 2$ is the number should be multiplied to $ - \dfrac{1}{2}$ to obtain the nearest natural number because $ - \dfrac{1}{2} \times - 2 = 1$
Where Since multiplicand refers to the number multiplied. Also, a multiplier refers to a number that multiplies the first number. Have a look at an example; while multiplying $5 \times 7$the number $5$ is called the multiplicand and the number $7$is called the multiplier.
The other numbers are integers, rational numbers, irrational numbers, real numbers, and then complex numbers. Where all contain one another.