noun
- whole numbers including positive numbers, negative numbers, and zero
Usage: mathematics
Examples
- The set of integers includes -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, and 3.
- Students learned to add and subtract integers in math class.
- Negative integers are less than zero.
- The integer 5 is a positive whole number.
- Zero is neither a positive nor negative integer.
- Integers do not include fractions or decimals.