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No. Natural number {1, 2, 3, ...}.

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Is all whole numbers natural numbers?

No. Negative integers are whole numbers but not natural.


Is Every whole number is a natural numbers?

No. Negative whole numbers are not natural numbers.


Do set of natural numbers contain sets of whole numbers?

No. Natural numbers are a subset of whole numbers. Negative numbers are whole numbers but not natural.


Why does every integer have an opposite?

The numbers 1,2,3,... etc are called natural numbers or counting numbers. Integers are the natural numbers plus zero plus the negative ( or opposite ) natural numbers. Why do we need negative natural numbers ? For one thing x + 1 = 0 is an equation whose solution is x = -1. We could not solve this equation if we did not have negative integers. So over history these negative numbers came about as a way to solve certain math problems. The numbers 1,2,3,... etc are called natural numbers or counting numbers. Integers are the natural numbers plus zero plus the negative ( or opposite ) natural numbers. Why do we need negative natural numbers ? For one thing x + 1 = 0 is an equation whose solution is x = -1. We could not solve this equation if we did not have negative integers. So over history these negative numbers came about as a way to solve certain math problems.


What are the natural numbers between -6 to-8?

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Is negative 1.4 a natural number?

No. The natural numbers are positive.


Is negative square root of 6 a natural number?

No. For two reasons: 1) Negative numbers are not natural numbers 2) All natural numbers are rational numbers but the square root of 6 is an irrational number and thus cannot be a natural number.


Are natural numbers integers?

No. The set of integer includes negative integers which are not natural numbers..


Integers are not natural numbers?

No. The set of integer includes negative integers which are not natural numbers..


What are even natural numbers?

even, whole, non-negative numbers. (zero is not a natural number)


Is negative 12 a natural number?

No. The natural numbers are the counting numbers 1, 2, 3, ...


Is negative 9 a natural number?

No, Negative Nine or -9 is not a natural number since natural numbers mean only those numbers which start from 1 to infinity. No negative integers are included in this category of numerals.