How integers an all whole numbers are rational numbers

Natural numbers are all numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 ... They are the numbers you usually count and they will continue on into infinity.

Whole numbers are all natural numbers including 0 e. g. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ...

Integers include all whole numbers and their negative counterpart e. g ...-4, - 3, - 2, - 1, 0,1, 2, 3, 4, ...

All integers belong to the rational numbers. A rational number is a number

Where a and b are both integer