Thursday, 10 May 2012

Mayan Numerals


Mayan Numbers :
    Mayan numerals were used in Central America, before 876 AD. The numerals consists of only three symbols, zero is represented as a shell shape, one as a dot and five as a bar.





0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19




After the numbers 19, numerals were written in the vertical format in powers of twenty.


Example:
433 is (1 x 400) + (1 x 20) + 13 = 433. It is represented as below:




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