SOLUTION: Which is a rational number and an integer but not a whole number? -5/4, -1.03, -(7 squared, square root of 42

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Question 899109: Which is a rational number and an integer but not a whole number?
-5/4, -1.03, -(7 squared, square root of 42
Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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-7^2=49 which is whole number and integer.
-(7^2)=-49 which is an integer but some say that - numbers are not a whole numbers. Check with your teacher and/or book.
The only numbers that are agreed on are integers.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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-(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