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An integer is a whole number, and the largest integer less than 9.5 would be 9.4
An integer is a whole number, and the largest integer less than 9.5 would be 9.4
The greatest positive even integer less than 12 is 10
-7 The part of the question stated "negative odd integer" is not necessary. The only part needed is odd. The only numbers less than -5.7 are ALL negative and it would have to be a whole number to be odd so integer is not needed. So, you would be asking the same thing by asking "What is the greatest odd number less than -5.7?" * * * * * The answer is -7, not -9. There is no reason why the answer should be an integer unless the question specified that. It is perfectly correct that the question specifies that it is an integer. The question could have been seeking the greatest number less than -5.7 and the answer would have been that there cannot be such a number because because numbers are infinitely dense. * * * * * The greatest odd integer less than -5.7 is -7 The greatest odd number less than -5.7 is also -7 I was correct on my explanation.
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-9 is.
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The greatest integer function, often denoted as ⌊x⌋, gives the largest integer less than or equal to x. For 0.7, the greatest integer is 0, since 0 is the largest integer that is less than or equal to 0.7. Thus, ⌊0.7⌋ = 0.
The greatest integer that is less than -4 is -5. -5 is next largest integer, even though it has the smallest absolute value for the set of number <-4. This is because the less negative a value is, the greater it is, even though it's numeric component '5' is not the largest.
The greatest possible 'length' comes from the number with the greatest number of prime factors. The greatest number of factors is created by using the smallest prime number, 2, as a factor as many times as possible. Since 2^9=512 and 2^10=1024, the greatest possible 'length' of a positive integer less than 1000 is 9.
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What is the greatest palindromic number less than 999?