whole numbers

plural of whole number
as in numbers
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 numbers Prime numbers, those divisible only by 1 and themselves, are the atoms of arithmetic; all other whole numbers are built from them. — Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026 Poll results are rounded to whole numbers and may not total 100%. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 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 The question Price solved—or prompted ChatGPT to solve—concerns special sets of whole numbers, where no number in the set can be evenly divided by any other. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026 Cantor has already challenged what seems like common sense with infinite sets of whole numbers. — Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whole numbers
digits
Noun
  • Perhaps that’s why tickets are in the triple digits for the show scheduled for Sunday.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
  • This was in Arizona heat, which in August regularly sits somewhere in triple digits.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Whole numbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whole%20numbers. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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