Is 0 really a number?

Question

Just wondering what everyone thought about that. I mean it has no value and if you multiply anything by it........you get 0. So is zero really a number?

Answer 1

No it isn´t. Zero is very amazing, but I cant explain it.

Answer 2

Of course it's a number... It can be used to measure distance, you can have a 0 vector and many other things...
Prolly the most substantial proof I can bring is that if you have the number 0 and only the number 0, it is not a null set (meaning that nothing is inside the set)

Answer 3

Yes, it is a number.

You need it to count empty sets.

For example, if you have a basket of apples, and somebody asks how many oranges are in the basket, you'd say zero.

You say zero "has no value." That's not true. It has a value if "five" has a value. Zero has the value zero, five has the value five.

Answer 4

Zero is the number that represents an absence of numbers.

Answer 5

Well obviously..Numbers measure quantities, and 0 is a measure of a quantity right?

Answer 6

0 is a whole number.

There are ancient number system that did not contain 0.

Answer 7

ya think about it for 0 its kinda coll after all 0 wins every battle since u mult by it u get 0

Answer 8

it "is" a number, but ive always thought of it as its own thing, "zero", nothing. numbers make up things, and if theres nothing there then there is nothing, so no number! lol so its zero! lol so its not really a number, but it is.... haha so confusing!

Answer 9

Of course it's a number and a very important one. Otherwise how would you wirte your credit card balance when you pay it off ?

Answer 10

yes it's a number.

Answer 11

I say it's a number. It's the Ur-Number!