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The first counting numbers are 1-10. You counted fingers and toes and other body parts.

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What is the product of the 10 counting numbers?

Which 10 counting numbers? There is an infinity of counting numbers.


Are integers counting numbers?

No- not exactly. Negative integers are not counting numbers. Positive integers are identified with counting numbers. Many authors like to start with zero as a counting number.


Are all negative numbers counting numbers?

Negative numbers are not counting numbers. Counting numbers are the integers starting with 1 and then 2 and so forth.


Is 3.7 a counting number?

No. Counting numbers are whole numbers.


If a number is a counting number or the opposite of a counting number then is it an integer?

A counting number is the numbers you lear as a little kid, counting numbers are one and up. Integers include the counting numbers, 0, and the opposite (negative) of counting numbers. So yes, a counting number or the opposite of a counting number is an integer.


If a number is a counting number or the opposite of a counting number then it is an integer?

A counting number is the numbers you lear as a little kid, counting numbers are one and up. Integers include the counting numbers, 0, and the opposite (negative) of counting numbers. So yes, a counting number or the opposite of a counting number is an integer.


Can counting numbers be negative?

Conventionally, counting numbers are positive integers: 1, 2, 3 , .... 0 and negative numbers are not considered counting numbers.


Are whole numbers always a counting numbers?

No. 0 and negative integers are whole numbers but they are not counting numbers.


Are counting numbers always whole numbers?

Whole numbers include the number 0 and counting numbers do not.


Do all counting numbers have factors?

Yes.all counting numbers Have factor.


Do counting numbers have symbols?

The set of counting numbers is denoted by N.


How are counting and whole numbers the same?

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.