Question

Name the set(s) of numbers to which –10 belongs.

whole numbers, integers, rational numbers

whole numbers, natural numbers, integers

rational numbers

integers, rational numbers

answer fast please

Answer 1

-10 is an integer and a rational number

Answer 2

The sets of numbers to which –10 belongs is:

• rational numbers

• integers, rational numbers

Explanation:

Natural numbers--

It is the set of all the counting numbers i.e. it the number of the type:

1,2,3,....

Whole numbers--

It is the set of all the natural numbers including zero.

i.e. the set is:

0,1,2,3,....

Integers--

It is the set of all positive and negative whole numbers i.e. the set is:

.......,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,.......

Rational numbers--

The number which could be written in the form of p/q where p belongs to integers and q belongs to integers except zero.

i.e. integers, natural numbers and whole numbers all come in the category of rational numbers.

The number is given by:

-10

This is a integer and hence is a rational number.