natural number , any number in the set of positive integers {1, 2, 3…} and sometimes zero. The term natural likely refers to humanity’s innate understanding and use of positive discrete values. Learn what natural numbers are, how they differ from whole numbers and integers, and what mathematical properties they have. See examples of natural numbers and non- natural numbers , and how they are used in everyday life and advanced mathematics. Natural numbers refer to a set of all the whole numbers excluding 0. These numbers are significantly used in our day-to-day activities. We see numbers everywhere around us, for counting objects, representing or exchanging money, for measuring the temperature, telling the time, etc. Learn what natural numbers are, how they differ from whole numbers , and how to represent them on a number line. Explore the closure, commutative, associative and distributive properties of natural numbers with examples and diagrams.
