Question

Can someone explain to me this ACT question?

Answer 1

Which of the following statements about the subsets of real numbers is true?
A. Every integer is a whole number.
B. All rational numbers are integers.
C. 0 is not a real number.
D. 3.14 is a rational number.
E. All integers are negative.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D, but wouldn't A be true as well?

Answer 3

Can't integers be whole numbers only?

Answer 4

Whole numbers are not negative..integers are

Answer 5

http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/whole-number.html

Answer 6

so that negative integer can't be considered as a whole number--> A is not correct

Answer 7

Oh so A is incorrect because Every integer cannot be a whole number, because integer can be a negative but whole numbers cannot?

Answer 8

You got it

Answer 9

Thanks guys