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  2. Roman numerals - Wikipedia

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    The Roman numerals, in particular, are directly derived from the Etruscan number symbols: 𐌠 , 𐌡 , 𐌢 , 𐌣 , and 𐌟 for 1, 5, 10, 50, and 100 (they had more symbols for larger numbers, but it is unknown which symbol represents which number). As in the basic Roman system, the Etruscans wrote the symbols that added to the desired ...

  3. Latin numerals - Wikipedia

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    The Latin numerals are the words used to denote numbers within the Latin language. They are essentially based on their Proto-Indo-European ancestors, and the Latin cardinal numbers are largely sustained in the Romance languages. In Antiquity and during the Middle Ages they were usually represented by Roman numerals in writing.

  4. List of numeral systems - Wikipedia

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    The Natural Area Code, this is the smallest base such that all of ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ to ⁠ 1 / 6 ⁠ terminate, a number n is a regular number if and only if ⁠ 1 / n ⁠ terminates in base 30. 32: Duotrigesimal: Found in the Ngiti language. 33: Use of letters (except I, O, Q) with digits in vehicle registration plates of Hong Kong. 34

  5. Greek numerals - Wikipedia

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    Greek numerals, also known as Ionic, Ionian, Milesian, or Alexandrian numerals, are a system of writing numbers using the letters of the Greek alphabet. In modern Greece, they are still used for ordinal numbers and in contexts similar to those in which Roman numerals are still used in the Western world. For ordinary cardinal numbers, however ...

  6. History of ancient numeral systems - Wikipedia

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    Numeral systems. Number systems have progressed from the use of fingers and tally marks, perhaps more than 40,000 years ago, to the use of sets of glyphs able to represent any conceivable number efficiently. The earliest known unambiguous notations for numbers emerged in Mesopotamia about 5000 or 6000 years ago.

  7. Egyptian numerals - Wikipedia

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    A comparative chart of Egyptian numerals, including hieratic and demotic. Boyer proved 50 years ago [when?] that hieratic script used a different numeral system, using individual signs for the numbers 1 to 9, multiples of 10 from 10 to 90, the hundreds from 100 to 900, and the thousands from 1000 to 9000. A large number like 9999 could thus be ...

  8. Latin script - Wikipedia

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    The Latin script is the basis of the International Phonetic Alphabet, and the 26 most widespread letters are the letters contained in the ISO basic Latin alphabet, which are the same letters as the English alphabet . Latin script is the basis for the largest number of alphabets of any writing system [1] and is the most widely adopted writing ...

  9. How To Write Numbers in Words on a Check - AOL

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    Write the date in the upper right corner. Write the recipient’s name on the line next to “Pay to the order of.”. Write the amount in numbers in the box with the dollar sign. On the row ...