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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?

NOTHING!

Look at another example.

There was one apple in my You Should Know
plate. I ate it. Now there  We do not say NOTHING
is NOTHING in this plate. for numbers. We say
I mean there are ZERO ZERO and write it as 0.
apples left in my plate.
 0 is smaller than 1.

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