Integers zero and negitive imtergers
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No- not exactly. Negative integers are not counting numbers. Positive integers are identified with counting numbers. Many authors like to start with zero as a counting number.
No. Counting numbers are whole numbers.
No. 0 and negative integers are whole numbers but they are not counting numbers.
Whole numbers include the number 0 and counting numbers do not.
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.