whole number

noun

Definition of whole numbernext
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 But the least-frequent whole number is now 95, which has been worn by just five players in MLB history, from Takahito Nomura (2002 Brewers) to Josh Ekness this year with the Marlins. — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 4 June 2026 The trick is to choose some number c² so that there are a whole bunch of pairs of whole numbers a and b such that a² + b² = c². — ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026 Earnings are rounded to the nearest whole number. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 May 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 See All Example Sentences for whole number
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  1. number
  2. digit
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  • The number of seats lost in the House and Senate for the incumbent party will likely turn out to be nearly double the average for such off-year elections (despite all the Republican gerrymandering, almost all of which backfired).
    — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
  • But the numbers the other day were less than 6 million people.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of number
Noun
  • Mail-in voters would list the last four digits of their ID on their ballot envelope.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • For example, while leafing through tables of logarithms, astronomer Simon Newcomb noticed that the pages for values starting with the digit 1 were significantly more worn than the others.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of digit

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“Whole number.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whole%20number. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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