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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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For instance, mathematicians know that most numbers are irrational, meaning that they can’t be written as a fraction of two whole numbers.
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Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025
Cantor has already challenged what seems like common sense with infinite sets of whole numbers.
—Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment requires 'counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed' for purposes of reapportioning the House.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
To comply with that restriction, the size of the General Assembly would be determined by a formula that divides the state’s federal census population by 215,000 and would reduce the result to the nearest odd whole number.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
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Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025
Cantor has already challenged what seems like common sense with infinite sets of whole numbers.
—Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment requires 'counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed' for purposes of reapportioning the House.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
To comply with that restriction, the size of the General Assembly would be determined by a formula that divides the state’s federal census population by 215,000 and would reduce the result to the nearest odd whole number.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for whole number
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“Whole number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whole%20number. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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