Monday, February 8, 2010

Every Integer is a Whole Number. Why is this statement false?

Every Integer is a Whole Number. Why is this statement false?Every Integer is a Whole Number. Why is this statement false?
A whole number most often refers to an element in N, the set of natural numbers.





The natural number set consists of either the nonnegative integers, or the positive integers [depending on who is defining it]. The integers, on the other hand, consist of the both N and -N. As such, numbers such as ';-3'; are integers but not whole numbers.Every Integer is a Whole Number. Why is this statement false?
Possibly because sometimes 0 is referred to as an integer, but not a whole number?
Integers include negative numbers, whole numbers are only positive.
It is true.

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