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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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Number theorists have particularly sought special points on a curve with coordinates on an x-y grid that are either whole numbers or fractions.
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026
All projections are rounded to the nearest whole number.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
The set of whole numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …), for instance, is the same size as the set of all fractions, but smaller than the set of all real numbers.
—Joseph Howlett, Wired News, 4 Jan. 2026
For instance, mathematicians know that most numbers are irrational, meaning that they can’t be written as a fraction of two whole numbers.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026
All projections are rounded to the nearest whole number.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
The set of whole numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …), for instance, is the same size as the set of all fractions, but smaller than the set of all real numbers.
—Joseph Howlett, Wired News, 4 Jan. 2026
For instance, mathematicians know that most numbers are irrational, meaning that they can’t be written as a fraction of two whole numbers.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Whole number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whole%20number. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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