The accurate hierarchy of number sets within the real number system, from largest to smallest, is:
rational numbers, integers, whole numbers, natural numbers
So the correct response is:
rational numbers, integers, whole numbers, natural numbers
Rational numbers include all integers and fractions, integers include whole numbers and their negatives, whole numbers include natural numbers and zero, and natural numbers are the counting numbers starting from 1 (1, 2, 3, ...).