Numbers Numbers matter so much to people. Math. A scale. Competition. Money. Time. Numbers aren't even objects. You can't hold a number. We rank people, low class, middle class, high class, all by numbers. Girls rank themselves by numbers "She weighs 10 lbs less than me" In competition the lower number the better, we all want first place. When in the end its only a number. Why why why do we care so much?