Is 0 a natural number So far, I still don't know whether 0 is a natural number. Some people say yes, others say no. who can give an accurate answer, why, who can prove it. If not, you'd better have your opinion

Is 0 a natural number So far, I still don't know whether 0 is a natural number. Some people say yes, others say no. who can give an accurate answer, why, who can prove it. If not, you'd better have your opinion

Is 0 a natural number? In the chapter of division of teaching numbers, we often encounter such problems. We say that natural numbers refer to numbers that can be counted, then 0 can also be counted, indicating that there is no object. From this point, 0 should be a natural number. But in the end, I'm not sure
We have received letters and calls from primary school mathematics teachers, parents and students asking whether 0 is a natural number
Historically, there have been two views on whether 0 is a natural number: one is that 0 is a natural number, the other is that 0 is not a natural number. Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, it has been stipulated in the textbooks of primary and secondary schools that natural number does not include 0
At present, most of the foreign mathematical circles stipulate that 0 is a natural number. For the convenience of international exchange, the national standard of the people's Republic of China (gb3100 ~ 3102-93) quantity and unit (11-2.9) published in 1993 stipulates that natural number includes 0, According to the above national standards, our textbook researchers have revised it. That is to say, there is no object. 0 is also a natural number
In addition, generally we don't say that the number 0 is several digits, so the smallest one digit is 1
But even numbers have to be natural numbers. How can we explain this to the students? If we want our primary school teachers to say that 0 is not a natural number and we want to say yes when we go to junior high school or high school, it's really hard for the students to understand, The best way is to tell the students the correct answer. Let the students have a scientific view from childhood