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Mathematics

Numbers (maths001)

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The oldest known evidence of counting is a tally stick from over 30,000 years ago, showing that humans have used numbers to record quantities for tens of millennia.

Why this is interesting

You use numbers every day—to count money, tell time, or measure ingredients—but have you ever paused to wonder what a number actually is? How can something invisible represent real objects so accurately?