Text 1 A World without Numbers?

As you sit reading this article, what do you see? A table, chairs, walls, windows?
Try to find one thing within this space that could not be conceived without the power of numbers. Your home could not be designed, or even built without numbers. Similarly, your table, chair, television, radio, music player, and your phone. Without numbers, life as we now know it cannot function.
As an interesting exercise, try to live the rest of your day without using numbers. Remember you cannot look at your watch, listen to the radio, use the telephone, write an e-mail, use your car, catch a bus, ride a bicycle or even eat. Numbers obviously apply to material objects, but do numbers apply to anything