Mayan_Number_System

Mayan Number System Jeremy Math Report Mayan Math In order to examine the Mayan number system you must first know that our number system is a 10 base number system. This means that things are counted by 10; we start 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. From there it goes 11, which is "1" repeated, so it starts over again there until 19, then at 20 everything goes with a two, and so on and so forth. We have the same 10 numbers repeating the whole time. The Maya number system was a base twenty system. Here are the Mayan numerals. . The reason for a base 20 system almost certainly arose from ancient Mayans who counted on both their fingers and their toes. Although it was a base 20 system, it is also called a vigesimal system. Five plays a major role with the line symbol, again clearly relating to five fingers and toes. Although the system is base 20 it only has three number symbols (perhaps the unit symbol arising from a pebble and the line system, number, 20, days, mayan, 18, base, calendar, maya, 19, two, date, years, numbers, after, creation, 13, true, one, months, month, lunar, 260, 202, year, time, since, should, say, same, ritual, positional, mayans, length, count