As numbers get bigger, more space is required. So for example if it was 1,234,567. You would have to put a pharaoh, 2 parrots, 3 snakes, 4 flowers, 5 question mark thingies, 6 upiside U's, and 7 I's so it takes longer.
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Spend a day using only roman numerals instead of Arabic numerals. The disadvantages will become painfully obvious.
the Egyptians
Egyptian hieroglyphics are really complicated Roman numerals, and Roman numerals are just amature hieroglyphics.
Egypt
Egyptian numerals were primarily used in ancient Egypt for various purposes such as counting, record-keeping, and astronomical calculations. They were also used in trade and commerce. However, with the rise of the Arabic numeral system, Egyptian numerals eventually fell out of common use and were replaced by the more widely adopted Arabic numerals.
Spend a day using only roman numerals instead of Arabic numerals. The disadvantages will become painfully obvious.
In Egypt.
the Egyptians
Egyptian hieroglyphics are really complicated Roman numerals, and Roman numerals are just amature hieroglyphics.
Egypt
Egyptian numerals were primarily used in ancient Egypt for various purposes such as counting, record-keeping, and astronomical calculations. They were also used in trade and commerce. However, with the rise of the Arabic numeral system, Egyptian numerals eventually fell out of common use and were replaced by the more widely adopted Arabic numerals.
Because if someone else had invented them then they would not be called Egyptian numbers!
In the year 3000BC, Egyptians used them.
Yes, they are still used by the Egyptians themselves.
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Ah, let's take a moment to appreciate the beauty in both Hindu-Arabic and ancient Egyptian numerals. While Hindu-Arabic numerals use a place-value system with symbols like 1, 2, 3, etc., ancient Egyptian numerals relied on hieroglyphs and a base 10 system. Despite their differences, both systems share the common goal of helping us understand and communicate numbers, showing the wonderful diversity of human creativity and ingenuity.
hieroglyphic. Egyptian hieroglyphic