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2. Positional notation - Wikipedia

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   Place values are the number of the base raised to the nth power, where n is the number of other digits between a given digit and the radix point. If a given digit is on the left hand side of the radix point (i.e. its value is an integer ) then n is positive or zero; if the digit is on the right hand side of the radix point (i.e., its value is ...

3. Babylonian cuneiform numerals - Wikipedia

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   The Babylonian system is credited as being the first known positional numeral system, in which the value of a particular digit depends both on the digit itself and its position within the number. This was an extremely important development because non-place-value systems require unique symbols to represent each power of a base (ten, one hundred ...

4. Quinary - Wikipedia

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   Quinary (base 5 or pental [1] [2] [3]) is a numeral system with five as the base.A possible origination of a quinary system is that there are five digits on either hand.. In the quinary place system, five numerals, from 0 to 4, are used to represent any real number.

5. Hindu–Arabic numeral system - Wikipedia

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   The Hindu–Arabic system is designed for positional notation in a decimal system. In a more developed form, positional notation also uses a decimal marker (at first a mark over the ones digit but now more commonly a decimal point or a decimal comma which separates the ones place from the tenths place), and also a symbol for "these digits recur ad infinitum".

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7. History of mathematical notation - Wikipedia

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   Numerical notation's distinctive feature, i.e. symbols having local as well as intrinsic values , implies a state of civilization at the period of its invention. Our knowledge of the mathematical attainments of these early peoples, to which this section is devoted, is imperfect and the following brief notes be regarded as a summary of the ...

8. Manipulative (mathematics education) - Wikipedia

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   The units represent ones, rods represent tens, flats represent hundreds, and the cube represents thousands. Their relationship in size makes them a valuable part of the exploration in number concepts. Students are able to physically represent place value in the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

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