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Question from Chris, a parent: Is zero a number or a place holder? |
Chris,
0 is a number. It is the number that is neither positive nor negative. There is some use as what one might call a 'place holder' in that one thousand is represented by 1000 meaning 1 thousand, no hundreds, no tens and no units, but definitely 0 is a number.
Penny
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