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Whole numbers seem obvious to me. Even in prehistoric times, how many chickens do I have? Let's trade. I'll give you 5 chickens for one goat. How can you trade without some form of counting? Maybe they didn't use numerals like we do (maybe 5 was just five straight lines) but they had some method for counting and representing numbers.
Negative numbers is much more recent. Chinese wrote about negatives more than 2000 years ago. The Greeks considered them even before that, but dismissed them as meaningless. The Indians (from the country India) first understood their importance especially in terms of debt for what we now call bookkeeping or accounting. But they are needed in many other areas as well. Gabriel Fahrenheit made a thermometer and (by the story I've heard) set zero as the coldest thing he could get in his instrument making shop, a mixture of ice and salt. But there are colder days. In the winter temperatures get "below zero". These are negative numbers.
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What is a whole number and their opposite?
Well to correct your grammar first of all so I can read the question more understandably, what is a whole number and its opposite. A whole number is a number greater than 0. The opposite of a whole number is a negative number. A negative number is a number below 0, like you see on thermometers when its really cold sometimes. Here is a very important thing that you need to know. If you don't know this you will get it wrong on a test. 0 is not a negative number or whole number. It is just known as a place holder on the number line.
Is 14 an integer?
An integer is any number that is positive or negative. Basically, an integer is a number.
Does a ratio need to be a whole number?
Yes, a number in a ratio must be a whole number.
How do you turn 25 in a whole number?
25 IS a whole number: you need do nothing.
What about if the fraction is a negative number?
You need to give more context for your question. What is the situation where you find this negative number?
What is the estimation of 1.205?
If you have an exact number what is the need for an estimate?To the nearest whole number, it is 1; to the nearest ten (or larger) it is 0.If you have an exact number what is the need for an estimate?To the nearest whole number, it is 1; to the nearest ten (or larger) it is 0.If you have an exact number what is the need for an estimate?To the nearest whole number, it is 1; to the nearest ten (or larger) it is 0.If you have an exact number what is the need for an estimate?To the nearest whole number, it is 1; to the nearest ten (or larger) it is 0.
How do you round a whole number to the nearest whole number without decimals?
If a number is already a whole number, and you are being asked to round it to the nearest whole number, then you don't need to round it anymore, since itself is the nearest whole number.
What does 8.533 equal as a whole number?
to make it a whole number you need to round it... 9 would be the whole number. as a mixed number it would be 8 8/15
Convert 28.25 to a whole number?
If a decimal could be converted to a whole number, we wouldn't need decimals for anything. Or fractions either. The fact is: NO decimal, and no ordinary fraction, can be converted to a whole number. That's why we need them.
What would I have to do to make 2.598 a whole number of 3?
You would need to round it to the nearest whole number.
How Do You Turn 152 Into A Whole Number?
Step 1: Close you eyes.Step 2: Open them. Its done! 152 is a whole number so you do not need to do anything to "turn it" into a whole number!
Is a whole number a positive integer?
No, it need not be.
