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Math Lesson 1.1.3 - Mayan Numerals

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Welcome to our Math lesson on Mayan Numerals, this is the third lesson of our suite of math lessons covering the topic of Numbering Systems, a Historical View, you can find links to the other lessons within this tutorial and access additional Math learning resources below this lesson.

Mayan Numerals

Mayans were a civilization that lived in South America. They used the following symbols to represent numbers:

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For example,

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Numbers greater than 19 were written vertically as powers of 20. The highest part of number represented the highest power of 20. Then, the values were added. For example,

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because

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Another example,

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because

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More Numbering Systems, a Historical View Lessons and Learning Resources

Arithmetic Learning Material
Tutorial ID	Math Tutorial Title	Tutorial	Video Tutorial	Revision Notes	Revision Questions
1.1	Numbering Systems, a Historical View
Lesson ID	Math Lesson Title			Lesson	Video Lesson
1.1.1	Egyptian Numerals
1.1.2	Babylonian Numerals
1.1.3	Mayan Numerals
1.1.4	Roman Numerals
1.1.5	Hindu-Arabic Numerals
1.1.6	Classes and Placeholders

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