Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Number System · Exam: · Marks: · Difficulty:
Consider the following statements about natural numbers: (1) There exists a smallest natural number. (2) There exists a largest natural number. (3) Between two natural numbers, there is always a natural number. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
(a)None
(b)Only 1
(c)1 and 2
(d)2 and 3
Answer
Answer (as printed):
Explanation
Clearly, there exists a smallest natural number, namely 1. So statement (1) is true. Natural numbers are counting numbers and the counting process never ends, so the largest natural number is not known. Thus, statement (2) is false. There is no natural number between two consecutive natural numbers, so statement (3) is false.
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.