Any of the negative integers (-1, -2, -3, ... ) is whole but not natural.
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A whole number is one without a decimal or fraction, and a natural number is any positive integer, so this is both a whole number and an integer.
Every whole number is rational and an integer. But the "natural" numbers are definedas the counting numbers, so the negative whole numbers wouldn't qualify.No and yes: it is not a natural number but it is a rational number.
It is rational, whole, integer and real but not natural nor irrational.
Rational, whole and integer. Some mathematicians consider it a natural number, others do not.
5 is a natural number, as it is an integer greater than zero. It is a whole number, an integer, and a rational number.