The answer is 9
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87 is, itself, a whole number.
If you're after a whole number, no, if you're not, yes.
88
8.7 Since you want to round to the nearest whole number, add 0.5 to 8.7 and you 0.5 get 9.2 and now truncate everything but the whole number and the answer is 9 ___ 9.2 ___ ' + An alternative which cuts out a step, is to round down if the decimal part is less than 0.5, round up if 5 and above.
Since a natural number is defined as a whole, non-negative number, 87 would indeed be a natural number.