Yes.
The natural numbers {1, 2, 3, ...} are all contained within the integers {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.
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Yes. For example, the set of odd natural numbers is a infinite subset of the set of integers.
Mixed numbers and integers are different things.
All natural numbers are integers, not all integers are natural numbers.
Well, honey, the intersection of the set of whole numbers and the set of natural numbers is the set of all positive integers. In other words, it's the numbers that are both whole and natural, which means it starts from 1 and goes on forever. So, there you have it, the sassy math lesson of the day!
Traditionally, the set of integers that represents the natural numbers is {1,2,3,...}, which are the positive integers. Some people include the non-negative integers as the set of natural numbers, which is {0,1,2,3,...}, and includes 0.