One (1) is a whole number because one can be a whole, two (2) also could be, 3,4,5.... but why does zero (0) belong to the whole numbers even if zero doesn't represent a whole? there is no such thing as zero whole but rather there is 1,2,3,4,5,6,7....whole.....
2006-09-28 18:28:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Hmmm....! Tats so tricky and mind eater..........
2006-09-29 00:14:26 · answer #1 · answered by Nikki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zero ( 0 ) is part of the whole numbers
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . . . .
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Now integers are whole numbers and their opposites
. . . . .-5. -4, -3, -2, - 1. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . . . . .
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Rational Numbers, known as fractions
1/2, 2/5, 3/4
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Irrational numbers. are all noterminating, non repeating decimals
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2006-09-29 07:13:18 · answer #2 · answered by SAMUEL D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
whole number meaning a non zero number ,however 1 is a whole number-because it doesnot any fractional part apart from 1
however a number like 1.33345 involves a fractional part-------
33345/100000
note :you cannot argue saying even one is a frational as 2/2
2006-09-29 06:29:25 · answer #3 · answered by KSA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zero is a whole number because you don't need to write it as a fraction. No denominator is necessary.
If it's not a fraction (or irrational), it's a whole number.
2006-09-29 01:48:49 · answer #4 · answered by Bramblyspam 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Zero is not any part of a number, therefore it is whole. 1/2 is part of something, but zero is an amount of whole things.
2006-09-29 01:41:06 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ok because if you say you got 10 people in a crowd and they all dissapear then you got zero people that is still a whole number but there is nothing there.
2006-09-29 01:36:22 · answer #6 · answered by michael m 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think zero would mean no whole at all...the negative of being whole number...that's why it is a whole number too.
2006-09-29 01:32:43 · answer #7 · answered by AskMeNot 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cause its not a negative
2006-09-29 01:30:59 · answer #8 · answered by ladylike 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it do i did know that
2006-09-29 01:31:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋