Question

Which of the following is a number set that contains the number –5?
A.integers
B.whole numbers
C.natural numbers
D.irrational numbers

Answer 1

It cant be integers am i right.?

Answer 2

why not integers?

Answer 3

Well, I Was Guessing Cuz It Has A Negative.

Answer 4

the set of integers looks like this

{..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}

Answer 5

it goes on forever in both directions

Answer 6

on the other hand, the set of whole numbers is this set

{0, 1, 2, 3, ...}

and the set of natural numbers is this set

{1, 2, 3, ...}

Answer 7

What's The Difference Between Real Numbers An Natural Numbers.?

Answer 8

a natural number is any positive whole number

Answer 9

a real number is any decimal number you can think of

Answer 10

so something like 2, 3, 5, etc are natural numbers

something like 5.7, 11.2 are real numbers

Note: all natural numbers are also real numbers, so 2, 3, 5, etc are also real numbers