SOLUTION: is -47 a rational, whole , irrational, natural, or integer.

Question 1166646: is -47 a rational, whole , irrational, natural, or integer.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

It is RATIOnal, because it can be written 

 

which is the RATIO of two integers.

It's not a whole number because the whole numbers are 0,1,2,3,4,... and
they are never negative.

It is not a natural number because the natural numbers are 1,2,3,4,5,...

It is an integer.   The integers are ...,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,...

Edwin

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