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Whole numbers are not closed under

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addition
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Subtraction
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multiplication
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Solution

The correct option is B Subtraction
Whole numbers are not closed under subtraction.
This means that the difference of any two whole numbers is not always a whole number. This is known as Closure Property for Subtraction of Whole Numbers.
For example if we need to subract 4 from 2 (both are whole numbers) , the result would not be a whole number. It would be a negative integer (-2).


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