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What is the difference between the smallest natural number and the first counting number?
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∙ 8y ago
The first counting number is 1. There is some disagreement over the smallest natural number. It is either 0 or 1 so your answer is either 0 or 1.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 9y agoIt is 1, although some mathematicians still consider 0 not to be a natural number - in which case the difference is 0.
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Why is 1 the smallest natural number?
The natural numbers are the numbers used to count things (the counting numbers). The smallest number of things you can have when you have some to count is one. Thus the smallest natural number is 1.
What is the smallest counting number 1-1 0 or 2?
The smallest counting or natural number is 1
What is the difference between a whole and a natural number?
A natural number is a positive counting number, ie, 0 1 2 3 4. -1 -2 -3 and -4 are whole numbers but cannot be natural numbers as they are negative.
What Natural or counting numbers?
Natural numbers start with "0" while counting numbers start with "1".
Which natural number is the smallest odd number?
1 is the Natural number which is the smallest Odd number.
What is the difference between counting numbers and natural numbers?
Natural numbers do not include 0 whereas counting numbers do
Why is 1 the smallest natural number?
The natural numbers are the numbers used to count things (the counting numbers). The smallest number of things you can have when you have some to count is one. Thus the smallest natural number is 1.
What is the smallest counting number 1-1 0 or 2?
The smallest counting or natural number is 1
What is the difference between a whole and a natural number?
A natural number is a positive counting number, ie, 0 1 2 3 4. -1 -2 -3 and -4 are whole numbers but cannot be natural numbers as they are negative.
What is the difference between the set of whole numbers and the sets of counting numbers?
The set of counting (natural) numbers is the set of all positive integers, while the set of whole numbers is the set of all positive integers included zero.
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