[at-l] algebra Re: Facts

Ryan Brooks ryan at hack.net
Tue Apr 21 20:29:16 CDT 2009


Jim Bullard wrote:
> Correct. An integer is a whole number. A negative whole number is an 
> integer too (eg. -5) but a fraction or decimal in not an integer.The 
> word integer comes from Latin for "whole".
>
I think a whole number is an integer, but an integer isn't necessarily a 
whole number.

:-)

Ryan

> Jim Bullard
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> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Felix J <AThiker at smithville.net 
> <mailto:AThiker at smithville.net>> wrote:
>
>     Leslie Booher wrote:
>>     There's a Difference between integers and numbers???!!! 
>
>     All integers are numbers but not all numbers are integers....right?  
>
>     (2.3 is a number, but not an integer.)
>
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