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What is the different between Mayan number system and roman number system?

The Mayan number system is vigesimal (based on twenties)The Roman number system is decimal (based on tens)


What are the different base number for each number system?

If you mean a number system analogous (similar) to our decimal system, the base for such a number system can be any integer, 2 or greater. In other words, the base can be 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. You need as many different digits as the size of the base (decimal is in base 10, so you need 10 different digits).


How many different symbols are used in the binary number system?

Over 9000!


What are similarities between Mayan number system and Hindu Arabic number system?

There are many reasons why the Mayan and the Hindu Arabic number systems are different some of these are why.The Mayan number System has a place value and a non place value system and the Hindu Arabic number system has a place value system.Their based numbers are different, the Mayans is 20 and the Hindu Arabic is 10.The Mayan number system only has three symbols, and the Hindu Arabic number system has up to ten symbols including the zero.Hindu Arabic number system reads or makes it from left to right on the Mayan number system you make or read it from top to bottom.The Mayans also didn't have the concept of fractionThe similarities are that both number systems have a symbol for zero and that both number systems could do addition and subtraction even if it was difficult in the Mayan system


Was this number system advance for that time compared to other number systems?

well.... if you had more then one number system and we dont use them, then the one we use is better because we use it, other wise we would use a different system. hope this helped :)

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Why you need study number system?

Human being use words and letters to speak to one another. In the same way we need to make electronic devices such as computers understand what we say or what we want it to do. So to make computer understand we use number system. We use ordinary English alphabets to type on computer but these are translated into computer language i.e. binary language.


Is the Japanese numbering system different from the Chinese numbering system?

yes it is different. the Japanese number system is the Chinese number system but the Japanese changed it to make it unique.


How is the ancient Mayan Number System different from your number system?

because americans are stupid


What is the different between Mayan number system and roman number system?

The Mayan number system is vigesimal (based on twenties)The Roman number system is decimal (based on tens)


What is the name of The number of different digits which can occur in each position in the number system?

For the decimal number system . . . 'Ten'. For the binary number system . . . 'Two' For the octal number system . . . 'Eight' For the hexidecimal number system . . . 'Sixteen' . . etc.


How is the Chinese number system different?

because our culture is completely different


How you make SRS of student information system?

srs of student information system


What system is skin studied under?

Dermatology.


What is neurology studied?

The study of the nervous system.


What are the advantages of grading system in tenth class?

Different people have different opinion.Being a 10th std student i feel that introducing grading system decreases the tension a child undergoes during examinations.


Is the british number system different and if so why?

No it isn't.