TOPIC 01-NUMBERS
What are numbers?
Numbers are symbols or words which represent the quantity of something. For example, in form 1B there are forty four students.
i.e. 44 students
The numbers are represented by symbols called numerals. Each symbol in a numeral is called a digit. E.g. In 256 there are three digits 2, 5, and 6.
There are ten digits which are 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
Each digit in a numeral has a value called place value.
Example in 316, 6 is called ones and can be written as 6 1 , 1 is called tens and is written as 1