So far, we have only used the counting numbers and the whole numbers. Our work with opposites gives us a way to define the integers. The whole numbers and their opposites are called the integers. The ...So far, we have only used the counting numbers and the whole numbers. Our work with opposites gives us a way to define the integers. The whole numbers and their opposites are called the integers. The integers are the numbers …−3,−2,−1,0,1,2,3…