These numbers are either whole numbers or the negatives of whole numbers. They are called ______.

a) Natural Numbers

b) Whole numbers

c) Integers

d) Fractions

A basic division of numbers can be done into two basic categories, which are rational and irrational numbers.

Answer: Option (c) Integers are either whole numbers or the negatives of whole numbers.

Let us go through the explanation to understand better.

Explanation:

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Natural Numbers: The set of natural numbers includes only the positive integers, i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …

Thus, the natural numbers are positive integers.

Whole Numbers: Whole Numbers are the set of natural numbers along with the number 0, i.e.,  0, 1, 2, 3, …

Thus, the whole numbers are positive integers including zero.

Integers: The natural numbers that can be positive, negative, or zero, i.e., 0, 1, −1, 2, −2, 3, −3, 4, …

Thus, an integer is a number with no decimal or fractional part, from the set of negative and positive numbers, including zero.

Fractions: A fraction can be a portion or section of any quantity out of a whole, where, the whole can be any number. All fractions consist of a numerator and a denominator. eg - 1/2, 2/7, 13/55

Thus, a fraction represents equal parts of a whole or a collection.

Now, we can easily say that only integers are either whole numbers or the negatives of whole numbers.

Thus, only integers are the numbers that represent the negative of the whole number, so it is the right answer.