What is the integer part of a number?

The integer part of a number is like taking off the extra pieces from a pizza when you only want whole slices.

Imagine you have 3 and a half pizzas, that's 3 full pizzas and one half-pizza. The integer part would be just the 3 full pizzas, because it’s the whole number without any fractions or decimals attached to it.

Let’s say your friend has 5.7 dollars in their pocket. If they only want to know how many full dollars they have, they’d look at the integer part, which is 5, that's all the money they can count without needing change.

Now think of it like counting toys. If you have 4 and a quarter toy cars, your integer part would be 4, those are the whole toy cars you can hold in your hands, while the quarter car is just a small extra piece.

If you take away the decimal or fraction part of any number, what’s left is its integer part, like taking off the extra pieces from a pizza or counting only the full toys.