They are not. Counting numbers are a proper subset of whole numbers. Negative integers (-1, -2, -3 etc) are whole numbers but they are not counting numbers.
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no whole #'s include 0 and counting #'s don't include 0
The counting numbers are the whole numbers that start at 1 and end at infinity. Although zero is considered a whole number, it is not a counting number.
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C. whole numbers can be negative and don't match the other sets
The set of whole numbers.