What are whole numbers?
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What are whole numbers?
Fractions
A fraction is a number written in the form {eq}\frac{x}{y} {/eq}. For example, if we have 3 slices of pizza, and we eat 1 of them, then we have eaten {eq}\frac{1}{3} {/eq} of the pizza we started with, or 1 slice out of 3. Fractions are not allowed in the whole number set, however, sometimes fractions can simplify to whole numbers. For example, if we have the fraction {eq}\frac{2}{2} {/eq}, we can simplify this fraction to 1. Since 1 is a whole number, this fraction does represent a whole number.
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View this answerWhole numbers include all of the positive counting numbers, as well as 0. In other words, the whole numbers are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and so on. ...
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Chapter 1 / Lesson 17What is a whole number? Learn the definition of a whole number in math, what differentiates it from numbers that are not whole, and see whole number examples.