Maths Dictionary · JSS 1

Whole number

Simple meaning

The counting numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, … with no fractions or decimals.

Example

25 is a whole number; 2.5 is not.

See it

From the Place Value and Reading Large Numbers lesson. Try moving things around.

Millions
Thousands
Units

4 in the millions place is worth4 × 1,000,000 = 4,000,000

4,705,382

four million, seven hundred and five thousand, three hundred and eighty-two