Question

Sort the following number types in the increasing order of their quantity from top to bottom.

• A. Natural numbers
• B. Integers
• C. Rational numbers
• D. Whole numbers

Answer 1

1. Natural numbers are counting numbers starting from 1, i.e., $1,2,3,4,...$

2. Whole numbers are counting numbers including zero, i.e., $0,1,2,3,4,...$

3. Integers are whole numbers including the negative of natural numbers, i.e., $...-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,...$

4. Rational numbers are all the integers including the fractions between integers, i.e., $...-\frac{3}{2},-\frac{1}{2},0,1,2,\frac{5}{6},...$