Question

How many whole numbers are there in between $12$ and $86$ ?

Answer 1

Step $1$ : Find the total difference between the numbers.

Difference between the numbers$=86-12$

Difference between the numbers$=74$

Step $2$ : Find the total number of whole numbers between $86$ and $12$.

We know that, to find the total numbers between two numbers we subtract $1$ from the difference of these numbers.

Thus, total number of whole numbers $=74-1$

total number of whole numbers $=73$

Hence, there are $73$ whole numbers between $12$ and $86$.