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The word 'number' comes from Latin word ' numerus' meaning a quatityt.

Various marks on bones/wood etc., are thought to be 'tally marks' from 40,000 years ago.

Our modern number symbols of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, are Arabic in origin.

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because they are numbers.........number is the scieentific name for digits.

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