document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=954554>Question 954554</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> -20 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "this number is an integer & is rational, but is it a whole number or a natural number ? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #582994 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><B>addingup(3677)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=addingup><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=582994\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Natural numbers are counting numbers. What is the first number you can count with your fingers? It's 1, so natural numbers go: 1,2,3,4,5,6... etc. Note that fractions are not natural numbers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Whole numbers include all natural numbers +0(zero). And just like natural numbers, whole numbers do not include fractions like 0.285 or 1/8.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Integers are like whole numbers, but they also include negative numbers ... but still no fractions allowed.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Positive integers are natural as well as whole numbers (0 is whole but not natural). Integers, like -20 are just that: integers. </SPAN>\n" );
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