Some Early Number Systems I. Use of Some Body Parts Such as Fingers A few number systems in some parts of the world originated without any arithmetic base. One such system is the body-part counting system which makes use of f…
The Roman Number System The Roman numerals are a number system which originated in ancient Rome and used widely in Europe. Only in 14 th century, they were getting replaced gradually by Hindu-Arabic numerals. The seven sym…
The Mesopotamian Number System In Mesopotamia during ancient times, different symbols were used for different landmark numbers. Later they used a base-60 system, also called the sexagesimal system. It has puzzled many people.…
The Mayan Number System Between the 3rd and 10th centuries CE in Central America, there flourished a civilisation known as the Mayan civilisation that made great intellectual and cultural progress. Among their intellectual achi…
