True or false questions about divisibility and non-divisibility in the integers. I'm confused.

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For $a$, $b$, c $\in \mathbb{Z}$.

True or false that:

  1. If $a$ doesn't divide $b$ and $b$ doesn't divide $c$ then $a$ doesn't divide $c$

  2. If $a$<$b$ then $a$ divide $b$

  3. If $a$ doesn't divide $b$ and $b$ doesn't divide $c$ then $a$ doesn't divide $b+c$

  4. If $a$ divide $b$ and $b$ divide $a$ then $a$=$b$

I'm very confused about divisibility and non-divisibility

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  1. False. E.g. $a = 3, b = 4, c = 6$. Meanwhile if the "doesn't" changes to "does" then the statement becomes True.
  2. False. E.g. $a = 3, b = 4$. Meanwhile if $a$ divides $b$ then $a \leq b$ ($a = b$ is okay).
  3. False. E.g. $a = 3, b = 4, c = 5$.
  4. False if either $a$ or $b$ can be negative, but if both must be positive or negative at the same time then True. This depends on the definition of "divisor" you need.