Integers are used everyday in life. The counting numbers are a subset of the integers and we use them every day. Another name for the counting numbers is the natural numbers. So the positive integers are used to count objects all around us. Now 0 is an integer also and we use it all the time as you might guess. What about the negative integers? We use those when we talk about very cold temperatures. For example, it is -20 is North Dakota and -20 is a negative integer.
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they aren't used in real life, not unless you need them in a situation were you would need to use them.
Negative numbers can be used for weather, when we talk about temperature that is below zero.
Personally, I use them to count with.
-100
dates consisting of 3 integers: day, month, year. your age