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Not necessarily. The difference between a = 7 & b = 7 is 0, and that is not a natural number.

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No. The difference can be a negative integer which is not a natural number.

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The difference of two integers is always an integer?

Yes, the difference between two integers is always a whole number.


Difference between natural number and integer?

natural numbers can not be negative. integers can be both positive and negative.


Difference of natural number from whole numbers?

All negative integers are whole numbers but not natural numbers. Mathematicians are not agreed about whether 0 is a natural number or not.


Is an integer a natural number?

All natural numbers are integers, not all integers are natural numbers.


Is the difference between two integers always a positive whole number?

No example 1-2=-1


What is a number that is an integer but is not a natural number?

Negative numbers are not natural, but there are negative integers. Examples are -1,-2,-3,-4, and so on. These are all integers but none of them is a natural number.


Can a decimal number be a natural number?

No. Natural numbers are the non-negative integers.


Is one natural number divided by another natural number always a natural number?

No, 4/3 is 1.333333... which is not a natural number. However, any natural number divided by a natural number will always be a rational number. This is due to the definition of a rational number as being able to be expressed as p/q where p and q are integers. Thus, numbers where p and q are natural numbers represent a subset of all the rational numbers.


Are integers always positive or negative?

an integer is a negative number and a positive number. It is all the numbers, just like a natural number is all the numbers from 1 and up


Is 8.5 a natural number?

No. Natural numbers are integers, no decimals, no fractions.


Is -62 a natural number?

No. Natural numbers are 0 and positive integers.


Is the difference between of two numbers is always an even number?

No. If the two numbers are integers, then on average, only about half the number of times.For example, the difference between 1 and 4 is 3.