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WHOLE NUMBERS

Introduction to Whole Numbers

Counting, reading and writing whole numbers

Whole numbers are set of counting numbers that start with 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, The smallest whole number is zero (0) The biggest whole number is infinity () because we can keep on counting whole numbers

Figures 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Words Zero One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten

Figures
11 Eleven

Words
Twelve Fifteen Twenty Twenty-one Thirty-seven
Ninety

12 15 20 21 37
90

100 125 1853 2771 10 009 947 001

One hundred One hundred and twenty-five One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three Two thousand seven hundred and seventy-one Ten thousand and nine Nine hundred fourty-seven thousand and one

Counting the whole number

Example:

Count on in tens from 30 to 100


Initial value Final value

specified Interval

Answer : - 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100

Example:

Count on in tens from 300 to 400

Answer:
300, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360, 370, 380, 390, 400

Example:

Count on in hundreds from 1 600 to 2 400

Answer:
1600, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2400

Example:

Count back in tens from 600 to 500

Answer:
600, 590, 580, 570, 560, 550, 540, 530, 520, 510, 500

Example:

Count back in hundreds from 1 600 to 800

Answer:
1600, 1500, 1400, 1300, 1200, 1100, 1000, 900, 800

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