Ok the sets are natural numbers (or counting numbers), this is like 1,2,3,4,5 etc
whole numbers, this is including 0, so 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 etc
integers, this includes the previoius set and negatives, so -3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5 etc
rational numbers, this is the set of numbers that can be written in form a/b where b≠0, so all integers can be written like this, like example -3=-3/1, so -7/9 belongs here
It works because 7 x 9 x 10 is the same thing as 7 x 90, since 9 x 10 is just 90. So basically he is just writing more but the answer will still be the same.