SOLUTION: Why is 0 not a natural number?

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Question 156549: Why is 0 not a natural number?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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Why is 0 not a natural number?


Because the NATURAL way we learned to count
as little children was to start counting with 1,
not 0.  We didn't learn about zero until after 
we had learned to count the NATURAL WAY, 
starting with 1.

Edwin