Is 0 a Whole Number?

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Authors have agreed to define the set of "natural numbers" to be the same set as the set of "counting numbers", which is: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...}.

They then define the set of "whole numbers" to be: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ...}.

Thus, yes, 0 is a whole number.

geno3141 Oct 27, 2014

geno3141 · Answer 1 · 2014-10-27T12:50:38

Authors have agreed to define the set of "natural numbers" to be the same set as the set of "counting numbers", which is: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...}.

They then define the set of "whole numbers" to be: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ...}.

Thus, yes, 0 is a whole number.