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since percentages have been rounded off to whole numbers, the total will not be exactly equal to 100%
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All projections and probabilities are rounded to the nearest whole number.
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Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 8 May 2026
Earnings are rounded to the nearest whole number.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 May 2026
The question Price solved—or prompted ChatGPT to solve—concerns special sets of whole numbers, where no number in the set can be evenly divided by any other.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
With the whole number of the House now at 430, 216 votes are needed for a simple majority.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 8 May 2026
Earnings are rounded to the nearest whole number.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 May 2026
The question Price solved—or prompted ChatGPT to solve—concerns special sets of whole numbers, where no number in the set can be evenly divided by any other.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
With the whole number of the House now at 430, 216 votes are needed for a simple majority.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Whole number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whole%20number. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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