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Numbers have been part of our lives for as long as we can remember and everyone will recognise the symbols (figures) 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; you would have been saying to yourself nought (zero), one, two, three, four … as you recognised the arabic numbers. These numbers are used for counting and are often called natural numbers.
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© 1985 F. E. Penketh
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Penketh, F.E. (1985). Number. In: Confidence Mathematics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07069-5_1
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