since percentages have been rounded off to whole numbers, the total will not be exactly equal to 100%
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Primes are whole numbers that are greater than 1 and are divisible by only 1 and themselves.—Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 16 June 2025 But since the size of a set is always a whole number, an increase of 1/3 is often inconsequential.—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 22 May 2025 Illustration by Pablo Robles Note: Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.—Pablo Robles, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025 All projections are rounded to the nearest whole number.—Austin Mock, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for whole number
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