Natural Numbers, Whole Numbers, and Integers

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Integers, whole numbers, and natural numbers with examples, notes that natural numbers are whole numbers and whole numbers are integers.Natural numbers 1–5 shown by counting bees, with note that natural numbers exclude zero, negatives, fractions, and decimalsPractice questions showing zero, βˆ’5, 1/3, and 2.5 are not natural numbersWhole numbers include natural numbers and zero, shown as 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, … with note that a whole-number answer can be 0Whole numbers practice: circle 0, 17, and 31; cross out βˆ’3, βˆ’8, βˆ’1.5, 0.3, and 2/5Integers shown on a keypad as 2, 1, 0, βˆ’1, βˆ’2, βˆ’3, highlighting that integers include whole numbers, their negatives, and zeroTable checks: 5 is natural, whole, integer; 0 is whole and integer only; βˆ’7 is integer only

πŸ›ŽοΈ Types of Numbers

  • Numbers can be grouped into different sets.
  • Common sets are natural numbers, whole numbers, and integers.

πŸ›ŽοΈ What are Natural Numbers?

  • Natural numbers are used for counting and start at 1.
  • They include 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 … only.

πŸ›ŽοΈ How to Identify Natural Numbers?

  • Only positive counting numbers are natural numbers.
  • 0, βˆ’5, 1/3, and 2.5 are not natural numbers.

πŸ›ŽοΈ What are Whole Numbers?

  • Whole numbers are natural numbers plus zero.
  • They do not include negative numbers, fractions, or decimals.

πŸ›ŽοΈ How to Identify Whole Numbers?

  • Zero is a whole number, but not a natural number.
  • Negative numbers are not whole numbers.

πŸ›ŽοΈ What are Integers?

  • Integers are whole numbers, their negatives, and zero.
  • They do not include fractions or decimals.

πŸ›ŽοΈ How are Natural Numbers, Whole Numbers, and Integers Related?

  • Every natural number is a whole number.
  • Every whole number is an integer.

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