It depends. Some authors consider "Whole Numbers" to be the positive integers, some consider them to be the non-negative integers, and some consider them to be all integers.
For the first two definitions, numbers like -3 would not be considered "whole numbers".
With the last definition, negative numbers like -3 would be considered a "whole number".
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The answer below is incomplete.The set of whole numbers also includes all negative integers.
Positive and negative whole numbers and zero are integers. Zero is neither negative or positive.
An integer. Integers are all of the whole numbers, all of the negative whole numbers, and zero.
Yes. Alternative answer: No, -1 is not a whole number. The whole numbers are 0 and the positive integers, but do not include negative integers.
No. All whole numbers are integers and all integers are whole numbers.