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since percentages have been rounded off to whole numbers, the total will not be exactly equal to 100%
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To comply with that restriction, the size of the General Assembly would be determined by a formula that divides the state’s federal census population by 215,000 and would reduce the result to the nearest odd whole number.
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
Primes are whole numbers that are greater than 1 and are divisible by only 1 and themselves.
—Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 16 June 2025
But since the size of a set is always a whole number, an increase of 1/3 is often inconsequential.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 22 May 2025
Illustration by Pablo Robles Note: Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.
—Pablo Robles, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
Primes are whole numbers that are greater than 1 and are divisible by only 1 and themselves.
—Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 16 June 2025
But since the size of a set is always a whole number, an increase of 1/3 is often inconsequential.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 22 May 2025
Illustration by Pablo Robles Note: Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.
—Pablo Robles, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Whole number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whole%20number. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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