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What happens when you add the opposites of the counting numbers to the set of whole numbers?
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∙ 14y ago
If your asking what happens when you add a negative integer to a positive integer, in terms of one being the counting number and one being the whole number the answer is nothing. They would cancel each other out. Speaking in sets (counting numbers being 1,2,34 etc.) they would all be 0 if negative integers were added. There would be digits, but nothing more then that.
1234 would be 0000, Turning the numbers from positive integers to non-negative integers.
Or if its 5+ -1 & -2 & -3, -1 and -2 being the counting numbers and 5 being the whole number the answer would be -1
Now either this question had a really simple answer, or its beyond me. I figure its the latter because its pretty obvious that 1 + -1 =0, But if I have answered the question that probably means that 'someone' was just trying to make it look a little more clever than it really was.
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Are whole numbers and natural numbers integers?
Yes, because natural numbers are your counting numbers (1,2,3,4...) Whole numbers are natural numbers and zero (0,1,2,3...) and integers are all of the natural numbers and their opposites and zero (...-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3...).
What is the set of whole numbers and their opposites are?
The set of integers (ℤ) is the set of the positive whole numbers and their additive opposites (the negative whole numbers).
Are whole numbers always a counting numbers?
No. 0 and negative integers are whole numbers but they are not counting numbers.
Are counting numbers always whole numbers?
Whole numbers include the number 0 and counting numbers do not.
Different kinds of real numbers?
here are rational numbers--numbers that you can express as a fraction irrational numbers--numbers you cannot express as a fraction integers--whole numbers and their opposites(negatives) whole numbers--0, 1, 2, 3,... natural or counting numbers--1, 2, 3,....
What is it called Whole number and their opposites?
The set of all whole numbers and their opposites are
What are the of examples of whole number?
Whole numbers are integers that do not include decimals or fractions as for example the whole numbers in the number line
Are whole numbers and natural numbers integers?
Yes, because natural numbers are your counting numbers (1,2,3,4...) Whole numbers are natural numbers and zero (0,1,2,3...) and integers are all of the natural numbers and their opposites and zero (...-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3...).
What is the set of whole numbers and their opposites are?
The set of integers (ℤ) is the set of the positive whole numbers and their additive opposites (the negative whole numbers).
What are whole numbers describe opposites?
describe the whole numbers
How are counting and whole numbers the same?
They are not. Counting numbers are a proper subset of whole numbers. Negative integers (-1, -2, -3 etc) are whole numbers but they are not counting numbers.
Are whole numbers always a counting numbers?
No. 0 and negative integers are whole numbers but they are not counting numbers.
Are counting numbers always whole numbers?
Whole numbers include the number 0 and counting numbers do not.
What are whole numbers and their opposites?
integer
What member of the set of whole number and the opposites?
Apart from zero (which is its own opposite), the opposites of whole numbers are also whole numbers. You have the set of whole numbers which is also known as the set of integers.
What is the difference between counting and whole numbers?
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What are the different kinds of real number?
there are rational numbers--numbers that you can express as a fraction irrational numbers--numbers you cannot express as a fraction integers--whole numbers and their opposites(negatives) whole numbers--0, 1, 2, 3,... natural or counting numbers--1, 2, 3,....
