-(72) = -49 Natural numbers = {1,2,3,4,...} Whole numbers = {0,1,2,3,4,...} 0 is the only whole number that isn't a natural number. Integers {...,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,...} Rational numbers are number that can be written as fractions with an integer in the numerator and the denominator. So integers are rational numbers because they can have a 1 denominator place underneath them. Edwin