Mayan Number System Explained by Shrinidhi Class 8 Students

Описание: How to Write Any Number in the Mayan Number System
🌎✨ Explore the amazing Mayan Number System!

The ancient Maya used a special counting system with three symbols:
• • (dot) = 1
• — (bar) = 5
• 𓆣 (shell) = 0

Their place values were not like ours. Instead of 1, 10, 100 … they used:
1, 20, 360, 7,200, 144,000, 2,880,000 …

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Example: Writing 24,084,349 in Mayan Numbers

Step by step:
• 24,084,349 ÷ 2,880,000 = 8 (remainder 1,044,349)
• 1,044,349 ÷ 144,000 = 7 (remainder 36,349)
• 36,349 ÷ 7,200 = 5 (remainder 349)
• 349 ÷ 360 = 0 (remainder 349)
• 349 ÷ 20 = 17 (remainder 9)
• 9 ÷ 1 = 9

So, the number is written (top to bottom):
8 – 7 – 5 – 0 – 17 – 9

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In Mayan Dots & Bars
• 8 = 1 bar + 3 dots
• 7 = 1 bar + 2 dots
• 5 = 1 bar
• 0 = shell glyph (𓆣)
• 17 = 3 bars + 2 dots
• 9 = 1 bar + 4 dots

👉 Final vertical stack:

•••
—
(8)

••
—
(7)

—
(5)

𓆣
(0)

••
———
(17)

••••
—
(9)

✅ And that is 24,084,349 written in the Mayan Number System.

Perfect for students, teachers, and history lovers who want to explore mathematics beyond the classroom! 🏺📚

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