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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

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-10 is an integer and a rational number
User Lucas Teixeira
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Answer:

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.

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