Question

To what subsets does the number -22 belong? Choose all that apply.

• whole numbers **
•rational numbers**
•integers
•irrational numbers
•natural numbers
Am I right?

Answer 1

rational and integer

Answer 2

The whole numbers are the counting numbers.
You can't have a bowl full of -22 apples :)

Answer 3

whole numbers are 0 through positive infinity
natural numbers are 1 through positive infinity
integers are numbers between negative infinity and positive infinity
rationals are all of the above
irrationals are all the ones that don't fit into the criteria above like pi (non repeating decimal)
and natural numbers can be 1 through infinity and sometimes 0