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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: šŒ  , šŒ” , šŒ¢ , šŒ£ , and šŒŸ 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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    A special series of numeral adjectives was used for counting these, namely ūnī, bīnī, trīnī, quadrīnī, quīnī, sēnī, and so on. Thus Roman authors would write: ūnae litterae 'one letter', trīnae litterae 'three letters', quīna castra 'five camps', etc.

  4. List of numeral systems - Wikipedia

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    This is the minimum number of characters needed to encode a 32 bit number into 5 printable characters in a process similar to MIME-64 encoding, since 85 5 is only slightly bigger than 2 32. Such method is 6.7% more efficient than MIME-64 which encodes a 24 bit number into 4 printable characters.

  5. Numerals in Unicode - Wikipedia

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    Grouped by their numerical property as used in a text, Unicode has four values for Numeric Type. First there is the "not a number" type. Then there are decimal-radix numbers, commonly used in Western style decimals (plain 0–9), there are numbers that are not part of a decimal system such as Roman numbers, and decimal numbers in typographic context, such as encircled numbers.

  6. 4 - Wikipedia

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    4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5 . It is a square number , the smallest semiprime and composite number , and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures.

  7. Number Forms - Wikipedia

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    Number Forms is a Unicode block containing Unicode compatibility characters that have specific meaning as numbers, but are constructed from other characters. They consist primarily of vulgar fractions and Roman numerals .

  8. Numeral system - Wikipedia

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    Numbers written in different numeral systems. A numeral system is a writing system for expressing numbers; that is, a mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set, using digits or other symbols in a consistent manner. The same sequence of symbols may represent different numbers in different numeral systems.

  9. Alphabetic numeral system - Wikipedia

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    An alphabetic numeral system is a type of numeral system. Developed in classical antiquity, it flourished during the early Middle Ages. [1] In alphabetic numeral systems, numbers are written using the characters of an alphabet, syllabary, or another writing system.