This document discusses natural numbers and their properties. It begins by defining natural numbers as the numbers starting from 1 that are used for counting. Whole numbers are defined as natural numbers along with zero. Some key properties of whole numbers mentioned are:
- Closure: The sum or difference of two whole numbers is also a whole number.
- Commutative: The order of addition or subtraction of two whole numbers does not matter.
- Associative: Groupings of addition or subtraction does not matter when calculating with whole numbers.