Which term refers to numeric values without fractional parts?

• A. Decimal
• B. String
• C. Integer
• D. Floating Point

Answer: (C)

Think about numbers that have no fractional part. An integer is a numeric type that stores whole numbers only—no decimal point, no fractions. Examples include -3, 0, and 42. This contrasts with floating-point types, which represent real numbers with fractions (like 3.14) and can approximate many real values, and with decimal types that handle fixed-point fractions. A string, on the other hand, is a sequence of characters and isn’t used for arithmetic as a number. So when you need numeric values without any fractional parts, the appropriate term is integer.