08/03/2026
Inspirational Quotes for the Weekend
By Dr Charles Leyman Kachitsa
The question as to the definition of ‘what is a number’, get most people off balance as they would relate it to visible signs, symbols or figures that represents what we know written as a one all the way to a billion of anything we want to measure. Some look confused to a thing, the concept of numbers, a subject that they have ever learnt from the elementary school levels to this moment.
It is only when asked a follow up question as to whether letters can also represent a number, for instance as in Roman Numerals, that others get it, yet still some get even more confused.
The conclusion drawn after a productive debate on this numeracy subject always is that anything written down whether a symbol, a sign, a letter or a figure can represent a number upon agreement and understanding, This is any number from zero to a trillion according to the configuration chosen be it metric or imperial conversions or other systems developed over the years.
The question remains, what is a number? Well, a number is a representative of quantity, however we desire to represent that quantity. This is according to scholarly sources tested and accepted as a fitting definition.
The above takes us to the truth in humanity which is that nothing is enough or adequate for man/ woman in a system of measurement that humans designed by their own understanding. Though in the scheme of things, God the supreme creator is a God of order and has no limits. This is why we should put our trust only by looking to the sky since with our human designed systems, nothing is ever enough. The rich want more as much as the poor desire enough. What is a number after all is said?
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