number() The number object is used to represent a numeric value, with both numeric and floating point values being represented. A numeric value automatically becomes an instance of the number() object. Declaring a new number object is frightfully simple, as the syntax and example shows. syntax: var variableName = new Number(number) EXAMPLE var productCount = new Number(56); The example shows a new variable, 'productCount', which has been filled with the Number '56'. Simple. The Properties of the number Object are: • MAX_VALUE • MIN_VALUE • NaN • NEGATIVE_INFINITY • POSITIVE_INFINITY • prototype The Methods of the number Object are: • toString() • valueOf()