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Zero is a natural number.

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Is Every whole number is a natural number number?

No its not, zero is a whole number but its not natural!!! :)


Is zero a natural number or a whole number?

Zero is both.


How are natural an whole numbers different?

Negative integers are whole numbers but not natural numbers. Mathematicians are undecided about zero. It is a whole number: some believe zero is a natural number, others do not.


What is the difference between a whole number and natural number?

A whole number series starts from zero with 1 digit difference, but a natural number series starts from 1 with 1 digit difference. for eg.- 5 is a natural number as well as a whole number. But zero is just a whole number and not a natural number.


What is a whole number that's not a natural number?

zero (0)


What is the only whole number that is not a natural or counting number?

Zero, by the traditional definition of natural numbers.


Is 1.2112111211112111112 a natural number?

Any number that has non-zero digits after the decimal point is NOT a natural number.


Every natural numbers is a whole numbers?

Yes, the set of whole number is all of the natural numbers, plus zero.


What are even natural numbers?

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


A whole number that is not a natural number?

All integers are whole numbers. The natural numbers are zero and the positive integers. Thus, any negative integer (-1, -2, -3, etc.) is whole but not "natural."


What are real numbers that is a whole number but not a natural number?

The natural numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ... The whole numbers are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ... Zero is a whole number, but not a natural number.


Is 0.865 a natural number?

No. Natural numbers are positive (or zero) whole numbers - without digits after the decimal point.