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….}  …

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