Whole Numbers (āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž)


1. Definition (āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž): Whole numbers are numbers without fractions or decimals. They include 0 and all natural numbers. (āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻāύ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϝ'āϤ āĻ­āĻ—ā§āύāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ‡ā§ŸāĻžāϤ ā§Ļ āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤)


Set of Whole Numbers (āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ...


2. Key Facts (āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ)



  • Whole numbers start from 0. (āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž ā§Ļ ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤)

  • Every natural number is a whole number. (āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤)

  • 0 is a whole number but not a natural number. (ā§Ļ āĻāϟāĻž āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻšā§ŸāĨ¤)

  • Whole numbers continue infinitely. (āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ…āϏ⧀āĻŽāϞ⧈ āϚāϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤)


Natural Numbers (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž) : Click Here


Examples (āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ)



  • Number of cars in a parking lot → 25 (āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āϤ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧀⧰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž → 25)

  • Number of pencils → 10 (āĻĒ⧇āĻžā§āϚāĻŋāϞ⧰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž → 10)

  • Empty basket → 0 (āĻ–āĻžāϞ⧀ āĻŸā§‹āĻĒā§‹āϞāĻž → 0)

  • Number of students in a classroom → 40 (āĻāϟāĻž āĻļā§ā§°ā§‡āĻŖā§€āϕ⧋āĻ āĻžāϤ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°-āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž → 40)

  • Number of books on a shelf → 15 (āĻāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāĻ•āϤ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž → 15)


Note: Whole numbers can be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... and do not contain fractions or decimals.


āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻš'āϞ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... āϝ'āϤ āĻ­āĻ—ā§āύāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


Identifying Whole Numbers (āϏāĻŽāĻ—ā§ā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϚāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāϕ⧰āĻŖ) : Click Here


4. Basic Operations (āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋ⧟āĻž)



  • Addition (āϝ⧋āĻ—) : 7 + 2 = 9

  • Subtraction (āĻŦāĻŋā§Ÿā§‹āĻ—) : 8 − 3 = 5

  • Multiplication (āϗ⧁āĻŖ) : 4 × 5 = 20

  • Division (āĻšā§°āĻŖ): 7 ÷ 2 = 3.5

  • Division may not always give a whole number. (āĻšā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āϏāĻĻāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻŦāĻ“ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤)


5. Number Line (āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻž)


0 → 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 5 → 6 → 7 → 8 → 9 → 10 → ...


Whole numbers continue forever. (āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ…āύāĻ¨ā§āϤāϞ⧈ āϚāϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤)


Trick (āĻŸā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ•)



  • Natural Numbers = 1, 2, 3, 4, ...

  • Whole Numbers = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ...


Remember: Whole Number = Natural Number + 0 (āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻž: āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž = āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž + 0)


Exam Point (āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇)



  • Smallest Whole Number: 0 (āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ)

  • Largest Whole Number : No largest whole number (āύāĻžāχ)

  • Is 0 a Whole Number ? Yes (āĻšā§Ÿ)

  • Is 0 a Natural Number ? No (āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧇ āύāĻšā§Ÿ)


Note : Whole numbers are non-negative integers starting from 0. They include 0 and all natural numbers. (āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ā§Ļ ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻ…āĻ‹āĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ‡ā§ŸāĻžāϤ ā§Ļ āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤)


FormulaWhole Numbers(āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž) = {0, 1, 2, 3 ...}


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Whole Numbers MCQ (āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž MCQ)


1. Which of the following is a whole number ? (ā§§. āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž ?)


(a) 2.5 (b) -3 (c) 0 (d) 1/2


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) 0


Explanation: Whole numbers include 0 and positive integers. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤ ā§Ļ āφ⧰⧁ āϧāύāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĨ¤


2. What is the smallest whole number ? (⧍. āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ?)

(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d) 10


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) 0


Explanation: Whole numbers start from 0. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž ā§Ļ ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


3. Which number is a whole number but not a natural number ? (ā§Š. āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻšā§Ÿ ?)

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 0


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (d) 0


Explanation: 0 is a whole number but is generally not considered a natural number. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ā§Ļ āĻāϟāĻž āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


4. Which set represents whole numbers ? ā§Ē. āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āϏāĻŽāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžā§Ÿ ?

(a) {1, 2, 3, ...} (b) {0, 1, 2, 3, ...} (c) {-1, 0, 1, ...} (d) {1/2, 1, 2, ...}


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) {0, 1, 2, 3, ...}


Explanation:: Whole numbers begin with 0 and continue infinitely.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž ā§Ļ ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻšā§ˆ āĻ…āϏ⧀āĻŽāϞ⧈ āϚāϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


5. How many whole numbers are there ? (ā§Ģ. āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻž āφāϛ⧇ ?)

(a) 100 (b) 1000 (c) Finite (d) Infinite


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (d) Infinite


Explanation:: Whole numbers never end. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋ⧟āĻžāĻ“ āĻļ⧇āώ āύāĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


6. Which of the following is NOT a whole number ? (ā§Ŧ. āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻšā§Ÿ ?)

(a) 8 (b) 15 (c) 3.5 (d) 100


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) 3.5


Explanation:: Whole numbers do not contain decimals. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


7. What is the successor of 99 ? (ā§­. ⧝⧝ ā§° āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ ?)

(a) 98 (b) 100 (c) 101 (d) 97


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) 100


Explanation:: Successor means the next number. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāϛ⧰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤


Identifying Whole Numbers (āϏāĻŽāĻ—ā§ā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϚāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāϕ⧰āĻŖ) : Click Here


8. Which operation may not always give a whole number ? (ā§Ž. āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋ⧟āĻžāχ āϏāĻĻāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻ“ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡ ?)

(a) Addition (b) Multiplication (c) Division (d) Subtraction


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) Division


Explanation:: Example: 7 ÷ 2 = 3.5, which is not a whole number. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: ā§­ ÷ ⧍ = ā§Š.ā§Ģ, āϝāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


9. Which statement is TRUE ? (⧝. āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āωāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ ?)

(a) All whole numbers are natural numbers.
(b) All natural numbers are whole numbers.
(c) Whole numbers include fractions.
(d) Whole numbers include negative numbers.


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) All natural numbers are whole numbers.


Explanation:: Every natural number belongs to the set of whole numbers. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āĻ—āϤāĨ¤


10. What is 0 + 15 ? (ā§§ā§Ļ. ā§Ļ + ā§§ā§Ģ = ?)

(a) 0 (b) 15 (c) 14 (d) 16


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) 15


Explanation:: Adding 0 does not change a number. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ā§Ļ āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āύāĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


11. Which statement is FALSE ? āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āωāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞ ?

(a) Every natural number is a whole number.
(b) 0 is the smallest whole number.
(c) Every whole number has a predecessor.
(d) Whole numbers are non-negative integers.


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) Every whole number has a predecessor.


Explanation: 0 is the smallest whole number and has no whole-number predecessor. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ā§Ļ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻ‡ā§ŸāĻžā§° āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ-āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŦāϏ⧂⧰⧀ (predecessor) āύāĻžāχāĨ¤