What is the smallest of the whole number primitives that can represent the decimal value 333?

The answer to the question is

short

Step-by-step explanation:

A primitive data type are defined types of data which are recognized by a programming language. In Java programming language, for example, the eight primitive data types are the fundamental data types which store values for data manipulation. The eight primitive data types in Java includes; Boolean, char, short, int, long, float and double.

The operations of primitive data type are predefined in the Java type system and they cannot be manipulated, hence the appropriate type is to be selected for each task. All primitives have a size limit

In the case of representing the decimal value 333, we list out the whole number primitives with their capacities as follows

byte; Maximum value it can represent = 127 char; Maximum value it can represent = 2¹⁶ - 1 short; Maximum value it can represent = 2¹⁵ - 1 int; Maximum value it can represent = 2³¹ - 1 long; Maximum value it can represent = 2⁶³-1 float; Maximum value it can represent = (2-2⁻²³) ·2¹²⁷ double; Maximum value it can represent = (2-2⁻⁵²) ·2¹⁰²³ Boolean; Maximum value it can represent

As seen the smallest whole number primitives that can represent the decimal value 333 is short (2¹⁵ - 1)