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The set of counting numbers is a proper subset of the whole number. The latter includes negative counting numbers. Also, there is no consensus as to whether 0 belongs to counting numbers or whole numbers.

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What is a set of numbers including zero and all the counting numbers?

Whole numbers are the set of natural or counting numbers inclding zero


What is the difference between counting and whole numbers?

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IS ALL COUNTING NUMBER WHOLE NUMBER?

All counting numbers ARE (not is!) a proper subset of the set of whole numbers.


What is The set of numbers consisting of the counting numbers and zero?

This set of numbers is called "Whole Numbers".


What is the difference between the set of whole numbers and the sets of counting numbers?

The set of counting (natural) numbers is the set of all positive integers, while the set of whole numbers is the set of all positive integers included zero.


The union of the counting numbers and zero are called what?

The set of whole numbers.


Is zero a element of a set of whole numbers?

Zero (0) is in the set of whole number. The only difference between the set of whole numbers and counting numbers is that the whole numbers contain zero. {0,1,2,3...}


How does the set of natural numbers differ from the set of whole numbers?

0 and negative integers are all whole numbers but they are not natural numbers.


What is the next set of numbers after counting numbers?

The immediate [next] superset is, trivially, the set of natural numbers which consists of the counting numbers and zero. The next significant superset is the set of integers: the counting numbers, their additive inverses (or negatives) and zero.


How is the set of integers differ from the set of whole numbers?

They are not different.


Is a negative a whole numbers?

No. Whole numbers are counting numbers and zero.


Which set of numbers is also called counting numbers?

Positive integers, (whole numbers) starting at 1