I'm in a 5th grade class, please explaine what whole numbers are.....

Thanks so much,
Patty

Hi Patty,

Whole numbers, also called the non-negative integers are the numbers 0,1,2,3,... What they don't include are the negative numbers like -3, and -5 and they don't include fractions like 1/2 and -3/4.

Cheers,
Penny

 

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