Is Zero Considered An Actual Number?

[Road Runner]

Just wondering since zero means nothing and when we count we don't go 0 1 2 3 4,.. we always start with 1 2 3 4.

 

[Thunk]

Zero is one of the most important numbers!

How many cancer cells do you want in your body?

 

[Auld Phart]

without zero, 10 would be 1

 

[fncceo]

Yes, zero is an integer. All integers are numbers.

 

[Thunk]

We use a base 10 numbering system (decimal).

Those 10 numbers are 0-9

 

[Thunk]

It wouldn't sound right if a teacher told you she's gonna give you a big fat one!

It always had to be a big fat ZERO!

I once asked a teacher if I could have a little skinny zero instead. Guess who got sent to the principals office?

 

[Devils_Advocate]

Who invented the zero?

It might seem like an obvious piece of any numerical system, but the zero is a surprisingly recent development in human history. In fact, this ubiquitous symbol

www.history.com

 

[frigidweirdo]

Just wondering since zero means nothing and when we count we don't go 0 1 2 3 4,.. we always start with 1 2 3 4.

Yes, numbers are abstract. -1 is a number. You can have five, and you can add -1 to it and you have 4.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Just wondering since zero means nothing and when we count we don't go 0 1 2 3 4,.. we always start with 1 2 3 4.

The counting numbers that start with 1 and continue 2,3,4,5,6 are called "natural numbers." They are cave man numbers. When cave man found an empty next while looking for eggs, he didnt' think "zero eggs," he just shrugged and moved on.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Just wondering since zero means nothing and when we count we don't go 0 1 2 3 4,.. we always start with 1 2 3 4.

I actually posted a question here on the board early last year asking for opinions on whether zero is a positive number. I didn't think it was positive or negative but according to "the laws of parity" since it is divisible by 2 and results in an integer, it is an even number:
Is Zero an Even or an Odd Number?

 

[Auld Phart]

Romans didn't have a zero/

10 was X

50 was L

100 was C

1000 was M

etc

 

[Concerned American]

Just wondering since zero means nothing and when we count we don't go 0 1 2 3 4,.. we always start with 1 2 3 4.

one minus one equals ???? You wouldn't have the answer without zero. Also difficult to write ten, hundred, thousand, million, billion or trillion without zero. The ancient Sumerians "discovered" zero and it is considered one of the most significant discoveries known to man.

 

[Samofvt]

The counting numbers that start with 1 and continue 2,3,4,5,6 are called "natural numbers." They are cave man numbers. When cave man found an empty next while looking for eggs, he didnt' think "zero eggs," he just shrugged and moved on.

I'd have to give this the "best answer" award.

To elaborate: there is a difference between natural numbers and whole numbers, and most people give zero thought to the whole set. Don't even get me started on integers: that brings up a negative connotation.

 

[Thunk]

Romans didn't have a zero/

No wonder their empire fell

 

[Concerned American]

Romans didn't have a zero/

10 was X

50 was L

100 was C

1000 was M

etc

Zero was identified long before the Romans. Who invented the zero?

 

[Thunk]

Who invented the zero?

Jonas Grumby

 

[skye]

LOL thread!

 

[Leo123]

We assign numbers to things and even thoughts and ideas in order to rank them so we can provide a statistical analysis of their different facets especially when real-world terms don't work. Case in point: Medical professionals ask patients in pain to rate their pain from 1 to 10 or 0 to 9. Even though there is no real definition of pain intensity, that initial ranking of pain by the patient gives doctors a sense of increasing or decreasing pain the patient is personally experiencing.

 

[Leo123]

I actually posted a question here on the board early last year asking for opinions on whether zero is a positive number. I didn't think it was positive or negative but according to "the laws of parity" since it is divisible by 2 and results in an integer, it is an even number:
Is Zero an Even or an Odd Number?

0......Add 2 naughts and divide by 2.

 

[Concerned American]

I actually posted a question here on the board early last year asking for opinions on whether zero is a positive number. I didn't think it was positive or negative but according to "the laws of parity" since it is divisible by 2 and results in an integer, it is an even number:
Is Zero an Even or an Odd Number?

Only one problem with your logic, zero divided by 2 is zero, however zero divided by 1 is also zero. Zero divided by 3 is also zero--- Back to square 1.