Thus, we say that the natural numbers are closed under addition and multiplication. However, in the case of division and subtraction, this property does not hold true. Subtracting or dividing two natural numbers will not always give us a natural number.
Yeah, so? I mean we learnt abt it in 6th grade but what is the purpose of this forum?
Thus, we say that the natural numbers are closed under addition and multiplication. However, in the case of division and subtraction, this property does not hold true. Subtracting or dividing two natural numbers will not always give us a natural number.