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mean 1The Mayan Number System
The Mayans had a number system consisting of shells, dots, and lines. You could write up to nineteen with just these symbols. The Maya were one of the only ancient civilizations that understood the concept of zero. This allowed them to write very large numbers.
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mean 0
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mean 1
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mean 5
Maya Numbers 0-19
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
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17
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19
The numbers from 20 on are the same symbols but they'd be 20 times what they really represent just add 0 after it. Using this system you can write up to 399.
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100
Now that you understand, you do 20 times 20 times the symbol for 400 to 7999. Here's how you would write 1,377 in Mayan numerals.
