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  2. Chinese numerals - Wikipedia

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    In the same way that Roman numerals were standard in ancient and medieval Europe for mathematics and commerce, the Chinese formerly used the rod numerals, which is a positional system. The Suzhou numerals ( simplified Chinese : 苏州花码 ; traditional Chinese : 蘇州花碼 ; pinyin : Sūzhōu huāmǎ ) system is a variation of the Southern ...

  3. Rod calculus - Wikipedia

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    Two forms of Chinese rod numerals Representation of the number 231 and possible misleading rod placements. Rod numerals is the only numeric system that uses different placement combination of a single symbol to convey any number or fraction in the Decimal System. For numbers in the units place, every vertical rod represent 1.

  4. Counting rods - Wikipedia

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    Rod numerals are a positional numeral system made from shapes of counting rods. Positive numbers are written as they are and the negative numbers are written with a slant bar at the last digit. The vertical bar in the horizontal forms 6–9 are drawn shorter to have the same character height. A circle (〇) is used for 0.

  5. Chisanbop - Wikipedia

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    The Chisanbop system. When a finger is touching the table, it contributes its corresponding number to a total. Chisanbop or chisenbop (from Korean chi (ji) finger + sanpŏp (sanbeop) calculation [1] 지산법/指算法), sometimes called Fingermath, [2] is a finger counting method used to perform basic mathematical operations.

  6. Suzhou numerals - Wikipedia

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    The Suzhou numerals, also known as Sūzhōu mǎzi (蘇州碼子), is a numeral system used in China before the introduction of Hindu numerals.The Suzhou numerals are also known as Soochow numerals, [1] ma‑tzu, [2] huāmǎ (花碼), [3] [better source needed] cǎomǎ (草碼), [3] [better source needed] jīngzǐmǎ (菁仔碼), [3] [better source needed] fānzǐmǎ (番仔碼) [3] [better ...

  7. List of numeral systems - Wikipedia

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    A binary clock might use LEDs to express binary values. In this clock, each column of LEDs shows a binary-coded decimal numeral of the traditional sexagesimal time.. The common names are derived somewhat arbitrarily from a mix of Latin and Greek, in some cases including roots from both languages within a single name. [27]

  8. Chinese numeral - Wikipedia

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  9. Chinese mathematics - Wikipedia

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    The Institute of Mathematics was formally established in July 1952. Then, the Chinese Mathematical Society and its founding journals restored and added other special journals. In the 18 years after 1949, the number of published papers accounted for more than three times the total number of articles before 1949.