counting number
Natural number, basically
A counting number is a positive whole number used in the basic act of counting: 1, 2, 3, and so on.
The term appears mainly in elementary mathematics education, distinguishing these numbers from zero, negative numbers, and fractions.
Some definitions include zero, though traditionally counting begins at one.
- tallyRecorded count
- integerNumber lacking fractions
- finiteHaving definite bounds
- enumerationSequential listing of items
- one two threeInitial counting sequence
successor · discrete · Arabic numeral · positive · ordinal · whole · quantifying · arithmetic · cardinality · three · calculation · elementary · math class · first · second · adding · two · summing
number type classification
counting numbernegative number
Value below zero
zero · imaginary number · fraction · complex number · irrational number
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