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Does the decimal system use ten symbols?
No. It uses ten digits and the decimal point: eleven symbols in all.
Why after the number 9 you have to put the numbers together?
Because we use the decimal system which has only ten symbols - for the numbers 0 to 9. In the decimal system, every time you get to a power of ten, the number starts one further place to the left.
How many symbols where there in the Egyptian decimal system?
It is not known where the symbols in the Egyptian system were - probably in the minds of their mathematicians.
What are the advantages of Hindu-Arabic?
it includes 0, is a positional system (where the position of the digit gives it value), and is decimal (all values can be given using ten different symbols)
What are the base units of the decimal system?
ten
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