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• plural of whole number.

whole numbers

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1. The set of familiar numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on) sometimes called natural numbers or counting numbers. When they are called counting numbers, zero is not included.

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The whole numbers are also called the positive integers (or the nonnegative integers, if zero is included).

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Astronomical-difficulty scores, which are combined on each event with an execution score out of 10, allow Biles to win competitions by whole numbers as most of her peers fight for half-tenths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024

Resonance happens when planets or moons have orbital periods that are ratios of whole numbers.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2024

I’m drawn in by questions about foundational structures, such as the whole numbers, that we don’t really have any tools to answer.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 22, 2022

A third of American adults can’t do two-step math problems with whole numbers or handle common fractions or percentages, such as ¾ and 50 percent.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2022

Notes with a close relationship have frequencies that can be written as a ratiol2 of two small whole numbers; the smaller the numbers, the more closely related the notes are.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones