what number
Asking for count
What number is an interrogative phrase asking someone to specify a numerical quantity or position.
It requests identification from a set: What number are you in line? , What number did he wear?
The phrase often seeks phone numbers: What number can I reach you at?
- questionRequest for information
- countingDetermining quantity sequentially
- queryRequest for information
- fractionPart divided by whole
- tallyingSumming items systematically
count me in · estimate · take a guess · measuring · integer · digit · zero · how many · calculation · answer · equation · formula · guess · summing · decimal · quantifying · multiplying · solution
precision of answer expected
what numberhow come
Informal query for reason
why · explain · what happened · describe
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