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













Explanation (āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž)


Whole numbers are: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ...


Whole numbers: i. Do not include negative numbers.  ii. Do not include fractions.  iii. Do not include decimals.


āϏāĻŽāĻ—ā§ā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ...


āϏāĻŽāĻ—ā§ā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: i. āĻ‹āĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āύāϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤  ii. āĻ­āĻ—ā§āύāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āύāϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤  iii. āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āύāϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


1. Identify the Whole Numbers (āϏāĻŽāĻ—ā§ā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϚāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āϕ⧰āĻž)

Q. From the following numbers: -3, 0, 5, 7.5, 12


Soln:



  • -3 → Negative number : No

  • 0 → Whole number : Yes

  • 5 → Whole number : Yes

  • 7.5 → Decimal number : No

  • 12 → Whole number : : Yes


Ans: 0, 5, 12


ExplanationThey are non-negative integers. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ 0, 5 āφ⧰⧁ 12 āĻ‹āĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤


2. Smallest Whole Number (āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āϏāĻŽāĻ—ā§ā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž)

Q. What is the smallest whole number ?


Soln:
Whole numbers begin from 0.


Ans: 0


ExplanationThere is no whole number smaller than 0. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϏāĻŽāĻ—ā§ā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŖāĻŋ 0 ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


3. Successor and Predecessor (āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŦā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž)

Q: Find the successor and predecessor of 25.


Soln



  • Successor = 25 + 1 = 26

  • Predecessor = 25 - 1 = 24


Ans: Successor = 26, Predecessor = 24


ExplanationSuccessor means the next number and predecessor means the previous number. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāϛ⧰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŦā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻ—ā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤


4. True or False (āϏāρāϚāĻž āύ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āĻž)

Q. Is -8 a whole number ?


Soln



  • Whole numbers cannot be negative.

  • -8 is a negative number.


Ans: False


ExplanationWhole numbers are 0 or positive integers only. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϏāĻŽāĻ—ā§ā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻ‹āĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ -8 āĻāϟāĻž āĻ‹āĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤