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The Greek number for 20 is "είκοσι" (eíkosi). In the Greek numeral system, it is represented by the symbol "Κ" (kappa) in the ancient numeral system.
The unit zero
No, the Ancient Greek number system did not use zero as a place value, or number for that matter.
around 1000 BCE
centi comes from the Latin word for 100. In the metric system it means 1/100, as the Latin prefixes mean reciprocal multipliers [1/10, 1/100, 1/1000, etc], and Greek prefixes are the 'normal' multipliers [10, 100, 1000, etc.]
Greek numerals are a system of representing numbers using the letters of the Greek alphabet. The first Greek number system we examine is their acrophonic system which was use in the first millennium BC. 'Acrophonic' means that the symbols for the numerals come from the first letter of the number name, so the symbol has come from an abreviation of the word which is used for the number. Here are the symbols for the numbers 5, 10, 100, 1000, 10000. No one has claimed to be the author.
No. Greek is a language, a culture, an ethnic group etc. But it is not a number system.
No it did not
The unit zero
nothing
No, the Ancient Greek number system did not use zero as a place value, or number for that matter.
The Greek letter mu, μ, is used for micro- meaning millionths.
around 1000 BCE
1000.
The Dewey decimal number for Greek civilization is 938 in the Dewey Decimal Classification system.
Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes.
When the metric system was created, the inventors used the Greek word for 1000, kilo, as the prefix meaning 1000. They used the Latin word for 1000, mill, as the prefix meaning 1/1000.