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Are negative integers considered as counting numbers?

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Can counting numbers be negative?

Conventionally, counting numbers are positive integers: 1, 2, 3 , .... 0 and negative numbers are not considered counting numbers.


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The set of Counting Numbers or Natural Numbersincludes positive integers but not negative integers or zero.The set is 1,2,3,4,5,6....and so on.


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Every counting number, and the negative of it, are real, rational integers.


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'0' is the only whole number that is not a counting number. Negative integers do not belong to whole numbers.


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