Talk:Number sense
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What is a "number"?
[edit]"A number is a mathematical object used to count, measure, and label. The most basic examples are the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and so forth. Numbers can be represented in language with number words."
Compare that with:
"A number is a name given to a measure that describes a ratio of magnitudes".
www.academia.edu/125757733/Realisation_and_Development_of_Number_in_1_Page
However, arithmetic is realised (or discovered) long before numbers:
www.academia.edu/124828666/Gabriel_arithmetic_without_numbers_a_method_based_on_Thales_proportionality_theorem
"count" and "measure" mean the same thing. In fact, the original Greek word for both of these English words is the same word: μετρώ.
A label is the same as name which we assign to a completed measure.
2A02:587:AF29:DB00:8D15:16CD:FAEB:5DE5 (talk) 09:10, 11 December 2024 (UTC)