Question

What is a Whole Number?

Answer 1

Whole numbers : All counting numbers together with zero are called whole numbers. They are denoted by $W$. 

Example : $W=\{0,1,2,3, \ldots \infty\}$. Really, all natural numbers are whole numbers, but zero is the only whole number, not a natural number.

Answer 2

Whole Numbers : All natural numbers together with 0 (zero) are called whole numbers.

• The collection of whole numbers is denoted by W.

Examples : 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,.....etc..