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Yes they are.

Counting numbers: 1,2,3...

Whole numbers: 0,1,2,3...

Integers: ...-2,-1,0,1,2...

Rational: all numbers that can be written as a fraction

Irrational: non-repeating decimals such as pi

Imaginary: numbers have the square-root of a negative number

As you can see the rational numbers encompass all of the whole numbers

These definitions are not completely accurate, but it gets the message across.

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