In scientific notation, it is written as 1 × 10 0. It has a total of 0 prime factors and 1 positive divisors. There is one positive integer (up to 1) that is relatively prime to 1. The prime factorization of 1 is 1. Since it has a total of 0 prime factors, 1 is a composite number. 1 is the natural number following 0 and preceding 2, the Hindu-Arabic numeral for the number one (the unit). It is the smallest positive integer, and smallest natural number. 1 is the multiplicative identity, i.e. any number multiplied by 1 equals itself, for example: a ⋅ 1 = a \displaystyle a. The glyph used today in the Western world to represent the number 1, a vertical line, often with a serif at the top and sometimes a short horizontal line at the bottom, traces its roots back to the Indians, who wrote 1 as a horizontal line, as is still the case in Chinese script. The number 1 holds significant symbolic and mathematical importance. Culturally, it often represents unity and, in monotheistic religions, can symbolize God or the universe. Learn the different ways number 1 can be represented. See the number one on a number line, five frame, ten frame, numeral, word, dice, dominoes, tally mark, fingers 1 (number). Chinese hand sign 0:01 Pronunciation of the number 1. One (1) is the first natural number, followed by two, then followed by three. The Roman numeral for one is I. Babylonian number 1 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and grapheme. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. Educational video for children to learn the number 1. The little ones will learn how to trace number 1, how to pronounce it and also how to count with a series of super fun examples. The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural number, including 1, is constructed by succession, that is, by adding 1 to the previous natural number. Tenth century “West Arabic” variation of the Nepali form of Hindu-Arabic numerals (compare Devanagari script १ (1, “éka”)), possibly influenced by Roman numeral Ⅰ, both ultimately from using a single stroke to represent the number one.