Question

is 0 a natural number?

Answer 1

Nope

Answer 2

Natural numbers are positive numbers that start from 1.

Answer 3

0 is every number but a natural number.

Answer 4

ok...
thank you

Answer 5

About half of math literature consider it as a natural number, and about half consider it as not..

Answer 6

Well actually natural numbers are {1,2,3...}

Answer 7

THink of it this way. natural numbers are numbers you'd use in counting.

Answer 8

My textbook in discrete mathematics, for example, includes 0 as a natural number.Although personally, I don't haha.

Answer 9

Natural Numbers are the counting numbers, the number we use when we are counting..
Whole Numbers are the Natural Numbers including 0 in it...

Answer 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_number#History_of_natural_numbers_and_the_status_of_zero
:)

Answer 11

:)

Answer 12

why natural numbers considered natural?

Answer 13

dunno

Answer 14

becoz they r natural lol

Answer 15

Yep that link says it all. Some include 0 as a natural number.

Answer 16

Natural @bernardthe1st Read the top of the link I posted. Natural as in what you count with.

Answer 17

Excluding or including 0 as a natural number has their own merits, mathematicians say.. So there's really no standard answer to this. It just depends on the context of where you're using natural numbers. And yes please read @Wired's post above, he has a link explaining it.

Answer 18

So as a summary;
The whole world doesn't take 0 as a natural number though there are some exceptions.
& Even if u give exam u should write 0 = natural no.
otherwise u know what is the result LOL.
@Ray951 k! my friend

Answer 19

@w is right.

Answer 20

@windsylph

Answer 21

sorry in that para
\[0 \ne \natural\]

Answer 22

natural

Answer 23

0 is a natural number because it is a real number.

Answer 24

write it in exam & wt would u get; u know @cornitodisc
The question contains philosophy.
u should remember only @Ray951
\[0\color{red}{\ne} \text{{N} No.}\]