Different Types of Numbers : Natural numbers - Numbers start from 1 and up. NO Zero, NO numbers with decimals, and NO Negative numbers are in this group. Natural numbers are the real numbers that consist of all the positive numbers from 1 to infinity, excluding zero (0), decimals, fractions, and negative numbers . We use natural numbers to count. Another name for natural numbers is integers. However, all integers, including negative numbers , are not natural numbers . In other words, natural numbers include all whole numbers excluding zero (0). Learn what natural numbers are in Maths, their properties, definition, how to identify them, and difference from whole numbers with examples and number line. To count the number of objects in a collection, each object is paired off with a natural number , usually by mentally or verbally saying the name of the number and assigning it to a particular object.
