Because both can be expressed as fractions
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Whole numbers are the same as integers. Whole numbers are a proper subset of rational numbers.
All integers are rational numbers. There are integers with an i behind them that are imaginary numbers. They are not real numbers but they are rational. The square root of 2 is irrational. It is real but irrational.
Whole numbers and integers are the same thing. They are a proper subset of rational numbers.
Counting numbers are a proper subset of whole numbers which are the same as integers which are a proper subset of rational numbers.
Fractions are not integers. They may or may not be rational numbers.