whole number

as in number
a character used to represent a mathematical value since percentages have been rounded off to whole numbers, the total will not be exactly equal to 100%

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Recent Examples of whole number If the total is showing a decimal like 36.5, go to the nearest whole number. Bianca London, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025 In the March 6 episode of Hulu's The Kardashians, the Good American founder celebrated her 40th birthday while wearing a bejeweled denim corset, a pair of darker skin-revealing jeans and a denim cowboy hat to match the whole number. Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025 To use the tool, taxpayers will need to enter their Social Security number, or ITIN, their filing status and exact dollar amount of their refund rounded to the nearest whole number. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025 All projections and probabilities are rounded to the nearest whole number. Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for whole number
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Noun
  • Similar numbers are reported in Jacksonville, Florida, and Round Rock, near Austin, Texas.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
  • In terms of the absolute number of viewers that were added between a sixth and seventh broadcast, the 2016 Cavaliers-Warriors classic beat all comers with a net gain of 10.3 million viewers.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • Notably, Dirac represents a breakthrough as the first and only quantum system to natively solve integer problems using quantum digits (qdits) rather than traditional quantum bits (qubits).
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • Those two titles are the only ones in the group’s discography to make it to triple digit stays on this purchases-only roster.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025

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“Whole number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whole%20number. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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