Answer:
yes
Step-by-step explanation:
The natural numbers always include the positive integers, but may or may not include zero depending on the author. Whole numbers can be equivalent to the natural numbers using either definition or can be equivalent to the entire set of integers, again depending on the author
Depending on the mathematician, the natural numbers include: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . . (also called the positive integers), or 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . . (also called the nonnegative integers or whole numbers)
