Numbers can feel like they’re running away when we go from counting on our fingers to thinking about how many stars are in the sky or how small a speck of dust can be. Imagine you have a piggy bank, and every time you add money, it gets so full that the coins spill out, it’s like numbers being too big to stay in one place.
Examples
- Your piggy bank spilling coins when you add a million dollars
- Flowers growing by doubling every day until you can't count them anymore
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See also
- What is infinity?
- Can numbers grow forever?
- What Makes Infinity So Special?
- Why Are There Infinite Numbers?
- Why Are Some Numbers Infinite and Others Not?