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Answer:</h2>
Another name for the natural numbers is THE COUNTING NUMBERS.
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Step-by-step explanation:</h2>
As we know that the natural numbers are the numbers which are used for counting and hence they are known as the counting numbers.
They are given as follows:
{1,2,3,.......}
These are known as counting numbers because they could be used for counting the number of elements or could be used for ordering purpose.
They are also known as a set of positive integers.
Hence, the correct answer is:
{ the counting numbers}
( whereas the whole numbers are the set of all the counting numbers including 0 )
