TYPES OF NUMBERS
I. Natural Numbers :
Counting numbers I, 2. 3, 4, 5, ..... are called natural Numbers .
2. Whole Numbers :
All counting numbers together with zero form the set of whole number.
Thus,
(A) 0 is the only whole number which is not a natural number.
(B) Every natural number is a whole number
3. Integers :
All natural numbers. 0 and negatives of counting numbers ie., - 3, - 2, - 1. 0.
I. 2, 3...... together form the set of integers
(A) Positive Integers t 11. 2. 3, 4, .....I is the set of all positive integers.
(B) Negative Integers : (- I, - 2, - 3......I is the set of all negative integers.