Many animals are intelligent enough to respond to numbers, but only humans have developed counting systems (Picture: Getty Images/EyeEm) Counting feels utterly effortless to adults, who are unlikely ...

Place value describes the position of a digit in a number. It also gives the value of each digit in a number. Hundred squares, number lines, bundles of straws and tens and ones blocks can be really ...

Language can influence how quickly kids learn to count – but does it make a difference in the long run? Is 2/3 bigger than 3/5? How quickly and confidently you can answer this question may depend on ...

Every aspect of our lives, whether we are conscious of it or not, is governed by numbers. Daniel Tammet has a special relationship with numbers ...

Why not try another whole numbers quiz? The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE maths students studying writing whole numbers as words, ordering whole numbers, adding and subtracting whole ...

Silke Goebel has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), the British Academy and the Experimental Psychology Society. Counting feels utterly effortless to adults, who are ...