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Multi-word Results
| call number |
a series of numbers or numbers and letters used to locate a book in a library. |
| cardinal number |
any number used to indicate how many. One, three, and fifteen are cardinal numbers. |
| mixed number |
a number made up of a whole number and a fraction. |
| number plate |
the British word for a small metal sign on a car, truck, or other vehicle indicating that the vehicle is legal to drive on public roads. "Number plate" has the same meaning as "license plate." |
| odd number |
a whole number that cannot be divided exactly by 2. |
| ordinal number |
any number that indicates a position in a numbered order. "First," "third," "fifteenth," and "thousandth" are ordinal numbers. |
| prime number |
a number that can be evenly divided only by itself or by one. Two and eleven are prime numbers. |
| round number |
a number given in terms of the nearest whole number, or given in the nearest tens, hundreds, or the like. The number 50 is a round number for 47. |
| whole number |
a counting number or zero. 1, 5, 15, and 258 are examples of whole numbers. |
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