Real numbers are numbers that can be found on the number line. This includes both the rational and irrational numbers. The Real Numbers did not have a name before Imaginary Numbers were thought of. They got called "Real" because they were not Imaginary.
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shopping, travel, measurements and money are the real life applications of real number system.
The answer depends on what you wish to compare and contrast it with.
Nearly any number you can think of is a Real Number. So 8 is a real number.
a real number is a number that can be rational or irrational
If a number is pure imaginary then it has no real component. If it is a real number, then there is no imaginary component. If it has both real and imaginary components, then it is a complex number.