How to Use whole number in a Sentence
whole number
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The nursery is making the same argument as St. Germain about the rounding of the scores to the nearest whole number.
—Sun-Sentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2017
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The question is: Is there any whole number solution for xn yn = zn?
—Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 1 Sep. 2017
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The question is: Is there any whole number solution for xn + yn = zn?
—Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 1 Sep. 2017
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Havens’s problem is an example of Pell’s equation, which is an equation of the form x2−Ny2=1 where N is a whole number that is not a square.
—Evelyn Lamb, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2021
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But as the stylebook notes, a workweek or other labor schedule could be viewed in whole numbers.
—WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
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Each whole number increase — from, say, 3 to 4, or 6 to 7 — is a tenfold increase in amplitude.
—Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2021
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Data in the thousands were rounded to whole numbers while numbers in the millions were rounded to the first decimal point.
—Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
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There's a whole number of experts from all countries around the world participating in this.
—Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2023
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Hippasus was a member of the Pythagorean brotherhood, a sect that held that the world is structured by whole numbers and their ratios.
—Amir Alexander, WSJ, 7 June 2019
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Fill measuring cups and spoons with water or flour to introduce your kids to whole numbers and fractions.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 23 Aug. 2023
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Percentages are based on the number of respondents to each question and rounded to the nearest whole number.
—Tom Plaut, The Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2022
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Integers are just the whole numbers, plus the negative whole numbers and zero.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 June 2023
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On the magnitude scale, each increase of one whole number translates to 32 times more energy.
—CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
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Remember, after 100 years, the calendar still isn’t off by a whole number.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2012
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Remember, after 100 years, the calendar still isn't off by a whole number.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2012
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Percentages are based on number of respondents to each question and rounded to the nearest whole number.
—Frank P. Leggio Jr., Cincinnati.com, 17 Oct. 2019
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An irrational number is one that cannot be expressed by a fraction of integers, or whole numbers.
—Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2018
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Going up one whole number on the scale indicates the ground motion recorded by seismic equipment increased by a factor of 10.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
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As Wired reports, there are a whole number of different ways to do so, with varying degrees of intensity.
—Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2015
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And since the 19th Century, pi has been known to be transcendental, meaning that no combination of its powers can add up to a whole number.
—Dan Rockmore /, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2018
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One whole number increase on the scale creates seismic waves with 10 times the amplitude, releasing 32 times the energy.
—Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2023
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The infinity of rational numbers is the same as the infinity of whole numbers.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 June 2023
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Put differently, the formula xn yn = zn has no whole number solution when n is greater than 2.
—Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 17 Aug. 2017
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Put differently, the formula xn + yn = zn has no whole number solution when n is greater than 2.
—Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 17 Aug. 2017
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Prior to the discovery of the Pythagorean Theorem, the Greeks thought all numbers could be expressed as either a whole number or a fraction — a ratio of two whole numbers.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2022
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Burungale and Skinner were able to show that, at least some of the time, if a whole number has a single associated matrix, then that number must be the sum of two rational cubes.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 29 Nov. 2022
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Correction: On March 6 this article was updated to clarify that the integers, not the whole numbers, are in a sense the original group.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 2 Mar. 2017
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Because the amount of time the Earth takes to spin on its axis is not dependent on the amount of time the Earth takes to complete a full orbit around the sun, the number of 24-hour rotations that fit into a calendar year is not a whole number.
—Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 24 June 2022
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But workers who are freelance, on temporary contracts, or in part-time employment register in the headcount as less than a whole number.
—The Economist, 6 Feb. 2020
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The framers of the Constitution made clear that everyone counted in apportioning Congress (if not in whole numbers).
—Emily Badger, New York Times, 22 June 2019
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