SOLUTION: Are all whole numbers intergers?

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Question 686359: Are all whole numbers intergers?

Found 2 solutions by funmath, MathLover1:
Answer by funmath(2933) About Me  (Show Source):
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Yes.
Integers are like whole numbers, but they also include negative numbers ... but still no fractions allowed!
So, integers can be negative {-1, -2,-3, -4, -5, … }, positive {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, … }, or zero {0}
We can put that all together like this:
Integers = { ..., -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... }

Answer by MathLover1(20855) About Me  (Show Source):
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Whole+numbers are simply the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4,+5, … (and so on)
Integers are like whole+numbers, but they also include negative+numbers ... but still no fractions allowed!
so, the answer to your question is YES, all whole+numbers are integers