Number Sets: Naturals, Wholes, Integers, etc
Tutoring math, you often get asked about sets of numbers. Let’s sort out what belongs where. We’ll make this story as short as possible: Naturals (N): {1,2,3,4…..} These might be referred to as counting numbers. Wholes (W): {0,1,2,3,4…..} These include all the naturals, plus zero. Integers (Z): {….-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3….} …