Question

How many whole numbers are there between 32 and 53?

Answer 1

The numbers between 32 and 53 are: 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52.

On counting them we find that there are 20 numbers.

Alternate Method:
To find the number of whole numbers between 2 whole numbers we can follow this simple expression;
Greater whole number - Smaller whole number - 1

$\Rightarrow 53–32–1=20$
There are 20 whole numbers between 32 and 53.