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Offline David In Indy

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Is zero a number?
« on: July 29, 2007, 02:22:12 pm »
Okay. I'm as bored as hell and I started wondering about it. Zero is NOTHING so how can it be a number? But I see it used as a number all the time.

What do you think? Is it a number?

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Re: Is zero a number?
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2007, 03:28:09 pm »



YES, and a very beautiful one for that matter!!!  >:( What are you suggesting, David, that 0 isn't a number? Huh? Well? Mmm?  >:(
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Re: Is zero a number?
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2007, 03:40:33 pm »
Quote from: Snavel del Snuit on July 29, 2007, 03:28:09 pm


YES, and a very beautiful one for that matter!!!  >:( What are you suggesting, David, that 0 isn't a number? Huh? Well? Mmm?  >:(

 :laugh:  :laugh:

I don't know what I'm thinking!  :D

But a number indicates a quantity, and zero is nothing, so how could it be a number? But people use it all the time and I've heard people refer to it as a number, so I'm very confused.  ???

How can it be a number when it it isn't anything? Since it's NOTHING, it doesn't exist, does it? But we can see it. Here it is.... 0. See?

And then what about all thsoe negative "numbers"? That's even worse! How can something be NEGATIVE NOTHING??  ???

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Re: Is zero a number?
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2007, 03:43:43 pm »
Quote from: David on July 29, 2007, 03:40:33 pm
:laugh:  :laugh:

I don't know what I'm thinking!  :D

But a number indicates a quantity, and zero is nothing, so how could it be a number? But people use it all the time and I've heard people refer to it as a number, so I'm very confused.  ???

How can it be a number when it it isn't anything? Since it's NOTHING, it doesn't exist, does it? But we can see it. Here it is.... 0. See?

And then what about all thsoe negative "numbers"? That's even worse! How can something be NEGATIVE NOTHING??  ???




NOTHING = A QUANTITY

There.... I solved it AAAAAAAAAND posted my 1985th post! Ha!
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Offline David In Indy

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Re: Is zero a number?
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2007, 03:46:47 pm »
Quote from: Snavel del Snuit on July 29, 2007, 03:43:43 pm

NOTHING = A QUANTITY

There.... I solved it AAAAAAAAAND posted my 1985th post! Ha!

Nothing isn't a quantity Melissa. Nothing is NOTHING. There's nothing there!

I'm very confused now.  ???  Any mathematicians out there? Please explain this to us!


Hey, you're only 15 posts away from 2000!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!  :D
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Re: Is zero a number?
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2007, 04:03:09 pm »
Quote from: David on July 29, 2007, 03:46:47 pm
Nothing isn't a quantity Melissa. Nothing is NOTHING. There's nothing there!

I'm very confused now.  ???  Any mathematicians out there? Please explain this to us!


Hey, you're only 15 posts away from 2000!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!  :D


QUESTION: HOW MUCH IS IN IT?
ANSWER: NOTHING!

=
 
NOTHING = QUANTITY!

Really, it's very simple...  ::)
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Re: Is zero a number?
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2007, 04:44:05 pm »
I don't understand.  ???
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Re: Is zero a number?
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2007, 04:46:06 pm »
A quantity is something that CAN be measured. Nothing cannot be measured because it doesn't exist.

How can we measure nothing?


Really Melissa. It's very simple.  ::)

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[[[Melissa]]]  :-*  :-*
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Re: Is zero a number?
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2007, 04:56:57 pm »
Zero is a count of the elements in a completely empty set: nothing. You can add zero to any number and you get that number. You can add, subtract, and multiply by zero, but you are not allowed to divide by zero.

Zero is a number.

Example Question:

"Shasta--how many times have you kissed Jake Gyllenhaal?"

"I have kissed Jake Gyllenhaal exactly zero times. I am hoping to add to that however."

I'm on the side of "it IS a number". How will we know? If more people say it is a number, then it is; if more people say it isn't a number, then it isn't??   8)

Now, do ya'll think "clear" is a color?   ;D

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Re: Is zero a number?
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2007, 05:00:49 pm »
Yes, zero is a number but you are not alone if you wonder why. Indian mathematicians first came up with the number idea around 650 AD. Originally, perhaps as early as 200 AD, they used zero as a placeholder in another number. For example, in our notation: 216 is a different number than 2016. This use of zero advanced trade, commerce, and bookkeeping but does not qualify zero as a number. Zero, in its place-keeping function, is a kind of punctuation mark to help us interpret numbers correctly.
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