Question

Why is zero not a natural number?

Answer 1

Remember natural numbers are any positive whole number and they count up from zero. We cannot start counting without saying the most important number that starts it all - zero, but do we count something if there is zero of it? Probably not. Think for a minute of a time when you were counting all your cool toys that you got for Christmas. Would you count them by starting with zero, 1, 2, and so on? No... you would say 1, 2, 3,... Usually, when we count items like you did your cool Christmas toys, we do not start with the number zero