True or false? An integer is always a whole number.?

Answer 1

False. Negative integers are not whole numbers.

Answer 2

The whole numbers consists of the set of non-negative integers i.e. {0, 1, 2, 3, ...}. Since integers consists of the set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...} , there are some integers like -1, -2, ... which are not whole numbers. Thus it is not necessary that an integer be always a whole number. Hope it helps :)

Answer 3

True. And there are infinitely many Negative Numbers that are also integers. Sorry folks, but Wikepedia is Wrong in insisting that negative numbers cannot be "whole". The Natural Numbers and the Counting Numbers are non-negative integers. Also, I was amused that GrandmaBcookies claims to be a Math Instructor, but mis-spelled integer (repeatedly mis-spelling it as "interger").

Answer 4

Whole numbers are the field consisting of the set of all numbers {1,2,3,...}

Natural numbers are the field consisting of the set of all numbers {0,1,2,...}. Clearly, any whole number is a natural number, but the natural number 0 is not a whole number.

Integers are the field consisting of the set of all numbers {...,-2,-1,0,1,2,...}. Clearly, any whole number is an integer. Any natural number is an integer. The negative integers are not natural numbers. The negative integers and 0 are not whole numbers.

So the answer is **FALSE**. There are some integers that are not whole numbers.

Answer 5

Some authors also interpret "whole number" to mean "a number having fractional part of zero," making the whole numbers equivalent to the integers. I would say TRUE

Answer 6

False because the negative integers are not whole numbers.

Answer 7

each so often. The sequence of integers that produce yet another integer while sq. rooted is in basic terms the sequence hence of taking all integers and squaring them. a million ^ 2 = a million 2 ^ 2 = 4 3 ^ 2 = 9 4 ^ 2 = sixteen ... a million, 4, 9, sixteen... all produce integers while sq. rooted.

Answer 8

True. That is the definition of an integer.

Answer 9

all integers are whole numbers not all whole numbers are integers

Answer 10

True, whether integer is +ve or -ve.