Whole Numbers (āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž)
1. Definition (āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž): Whole numbers are numbers without fractions or decimals. They include 0 and all natural numbers. (āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāύ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āϝ'āϤ āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻā§āĻžāϤ ā§Ļ āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻ āύā§āϤ⧰ā§āĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤)
Set of Whole Numbers (āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ...
2. Key Facts (āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ)
- Whole numbers start from 0. (āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§Ļ ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻšā§āĨ¤)
- Every natural number is a whole number. (āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤)
- 0 is a whole number but not a natural number. (ā§Ļ āĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āύāĻšā§āĨ¤)
- Whole numbers continue infinitely. (āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻ āϏā§āĻŽāϞ⧠āĻāϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤)
Natural Numbers (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž) : Click Here
Examples (āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ)
- Number of cars in a parking lot → 25 (āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ā§° āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž → 25)
- Number of pencils → 10 (āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ⧰ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž → 10)
- Empty basket → 0 (āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻĒā§āϞāĻž → 0)
- Number of students in a classroom → 40 (āĻāĻāĻž āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻā§āĻ āĻžāϤ āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§°-āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§°ā§ā§° āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž → 40)
- Number of books on a shelf → 15 (āĻāĻāύ āϤāĻžāĻāϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒā§° āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž → 15)
Note: Whole numbers can be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... and do not contain fractions or decimals.
āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻš'āϞ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... āϝ'āϤ āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Identifying Whole Numbers (āϏāĻŽāĻā§ā§° āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻŋāύāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻā§°āĻŖ) : Click Here
4. Basic Operations (āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋā§āĻž)
- Addition (āϝā§āĻ) : 7 + 2 = 9
- Subtraction (āĻŦāĻŋā§ā§āĻ) : 8 − 3 = 5
- Multiplication (āĻā§āĻŖ) : 4 × 5 = 20
- Division (āĻšā§°āĻŖ): 7 ÷ 2 = 3.5
- Division may not always give a whole number. (āĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āϏāĻĻāĻžā§ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āύāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤)
5. Number Line (āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻž)
0 → 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 5 → 6 → 7 → 8 → 9 → 10 → ...
Whole numbers continue forever. (āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻ āύāύā§āϤāϞ⧠āĻāϞāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤)
Trick (āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ)
- Natural Numbers = 1, 2, 3, 4, ...
- Whole Numbers = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ...
Remember: Whole Number = Natural Number + 0 (āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž: āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž = āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž + 0)
Exam Point (āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§āώāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§)
- Smallest Whole Number: 0 (āĻļā§āύā§āϝ)
- Largest Whole Number : No largest whole number (āύāĻžāĻ)
- Is 0 a Whole Number ? Yes (āĻšā§)
- Is 0 a Natural Number ? No (āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠āύāĻšā§)
Note : Whole numbers are non-negative integers starting from 0. They include 0 and all natural numbers. (āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ā§Ļ ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻ āĻāĻŖāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻžāϤ ā§Ļ āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻ āύā§āϤ⧰ā§āĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤)
Formula: Whole Numbers(āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž) = {0, 1, 2, 3 ...}
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