
NUMBERS
What is numbers?
Numbers are symbols or words which represent quality 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 which are 2, 5, and 6.
There are ten digits which are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 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 6x1, 1is called tens and can be written 1x10 and 3 is called hundreds and can be writt