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We need to provide simple and reliable definitions. Students are looking to us for answers. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 12:27, 19 November 2008 (EST) | We need to provide simple and reliable definitions. Students are looking to us for answers. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 12:27, 19 November 2008 (EST) | ||
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| + | Counting Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, … | ||
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| + | Including zero we get Whole Numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, … | ||
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| + | Allowing negatives => Integers: ... -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, … | ||
Revision as of 17:36, November 19, 2008
- positive integers: are these called counting numbers, natural numbers, or whole numbers?
- zero and the positive integers: what are these called (besides "nonnegative integers"?)
We need to provide simple and reliable definitions. Students are looking to us for answers. --Ed Poor Talk 12:27, 19 November 2008 (EST)
I like this web site:
http://www.mathsisfun.com/whole-numbers.html
Counting Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …
Including zero we get Whole Numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …
Allowing negatives => Integers: ... -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …
