Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Number Representation and Calculation - Chapter 4 Test - Page 246: 6

Answer

A number is answer to the question “How Many?” and A Numeral is a Symbol to represent that answer.

Work Step by Step

A Number is basically, answer to the question “How Many?” For example – Suppose there are four books on a table. Someone asks a question that How Many Books are there on that table? Then, answer to the question is Number is Four. Numeral is (Hindu-Arabic Numeral) Or IV (Roman numeral) etc. Numeral is a Symbol and Number is the Answer to the question “How Many?”
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