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If 1 is the most important number (the multiplicative identity or component)

And 0 is the 2nd most important number (the addictive identity or addictive component).

What is the 3rd most important number?

All the Prime Numbers are, as a tie, as they are building components or blue prints of all the mathematical measurements!

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0 isn't a number: it's a concept. 2 is the second most important.

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1 and 0’s are the bases of all devices 0_o
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0 isn't a number.

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<<<Is zero a real number Yes or no?
 
 
Real numbers can be positive or negative, and include the number zero. They are called real numbers because they are not imaginary, which is a different system of numbers. Imaginary numbers are numbers that cannot be quantified, like the square root of -1.15 Jan 2014>>>


But a number expresses a quantity. Zero isn't a quantity. Mathematicians can claim zero as a number all they want but that doesn't make them right. It's a debate, not a forgone conclusion.
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awesome1184 wrote:

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0 is not important at all, it's worthless
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IcyAvaleigh wrote:
0 is not important at all, it's worthless

So if I had to give you $100 I could give you $1 instead because the 0s don't matter?

Good to know.

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IcyAvaleigh wrote:
0 is not important at all, it's worthless

1.4 billion feelings have been hurt 

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nMsALpg wrote:
IcyAvaleigh wrote:
0 is not important at all, it's worthless

So if I had to give you $100 I could give you $1 instead because the 0s don't matter?

Good to know.

Just colonial place holders

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NervesofButter wrote:

Debating whether 0 is a number or not is admitting i have nothing better to do.

So is explaining the decision not to debate.

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NervesofButter wrote:

Numbers are man made just to make people feel at ease.

Actually measurements make people feel very insecure.

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0 isn't a number. It's like Whute and Black not being colors (White has no color, Black has too much color).

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Pls don't make fun of my typo

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Mattew wrote:

0 isn't a number. It's like Whute and Black not being colors (White has no color, Black has too much color).

In optics white is the combination of every color. For example the sun is white and with a prism you can break it up into the colors. Black is the absence of any light. (The sun only looks yellow because of the atmosphere. In space it's white.)

In paint it's the opposite, and black is the combination of all, and white is the absence of color.

It's kind of interesting how they're opposite.

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Yep, i also think i should have mentioned that, thanks

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In paint it's the opposite, and black is the combination of all>>

No if you mix all paint colours, you get what is technically known in the art world known as sort-of-murky.

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You can't divide by zero, because zero isn't a number.

If you multiply by zero, you get zero. This can be amply demonstrated. Let's say you have an elephant. Someone comes along and wants to sell you twice the number you already have. You know immediately that he wants to sell you two. Then someone wants to sell you zero times the number you already have. That means he doesn't have any elephants. He doesn't have even a tint fraction of an elephant. His sales pitch is actually completely elephant-unrelated.

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The "poop brown" when i was younger