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Concept of Zero
Shreya, what do I
have in my hands?
Two coins,
mummy.
Mother puts the coins back in her purse and shows her palm again.
What do I
have now?
NO…TH…ING!
Look at another example.
Remember
There was one apple in my • We do not say
plate. I ate it. Now there NOTHING for numbers.
is NOTHING in this plate. We say ZERO and write
I mean there are ZERO it as 0.
apples left in my plate. • 0 is smaller than 1.
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