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Key Concept

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            Closure property

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When you combine any two elements of the set, the result is also included in the set.

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Select two different whole numbers and then determine whether

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the division is a whole number.

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Try some examples.

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These are not a whole numbers, so the set of whole numbers is not closed 

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 under division .

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The set of whole numbers is not closed under division.

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