– Shresthi Goyal, Subject Matter Expert at Edumarz
(1) Every natural number is a whole number.
Answer: True, because natural numbers start from 1 to infinity, while whole numbers start from 0 to infinity. So, whole numbers include all the natural numbers.
(2) Every integer is a whole number.
Answer: False, since integers include negative numbers also but whole numbers do not contain negative numbers, so, this statement is false.
(3) Every rational number is a whole number.
Answer: False, because rational numbers are in the form of p/q but whole numbers are the numbers starting from 1 to infinity. So, this statement is false.