Question

State whether the following statements are true or false. Give

reasons for your answers.

1. Every natural number is a whole number.

2. Every integer is a whole number.

3. Every rational number is a whole number.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. true

2. false

3. false

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Yes, every natural number is a whole number because integers are those numbers which are starts from 0 to infinity positive and negative and natural numbers are those numbers which are starts from 1 to infinite positive numbers.

2. Every integer is started from 0,and it can be both positive or negative. But whole numbers are started from 0 to positive numbers,, hence whole numbers can't be negative.So, It would be wrong to say that Every integer is a whole number. Therefore, Every integer is not a whole number..

3. A rational number is any number can be expressed as a fraction. ... It is not a whole number. So every rational number is may or may not be a whole number but every whole number is a rational number.