Please illustrate the differences between 数 and 量. Also 番号？


数 refers to something's corresponding number. For example, a reading on a
monitor.

量 refers to an amount, something that can be measured.

However, if you wanted to say that the number of something was increasing,
(for example, the types of fruit in a supermarket) how could that be phrased?
I'm guessing both terms could be used.

How does 番号 figure in here?




数 refers to the number of individual objects/things.  
量 refers to the overall bulk amount of something.

Both can be measured.

○ バナナの数が300万本にまで増えた。  
× バナナの量が300万本にまで増えた。  
× バナナの数が300万トンにまで増えた。  
○ バナナの量が300万トンにまで増えた。

In terms of your specific question regarding types of fruit, if you really
wanted to use either 「量」 or 「数」 to refer to the number of individual types of
fruit there are, it would be more appropriate to use 「数」, as you are
expressing the number of individual types. However, 「種類の数が増えた」 sounds slightly
unnatural/redundant, and we would simply say 「種類が増えた」.

番号 is simply a number that we humans have decided to give something for
identification purposes or to express the order of something in a series.

