Numbering System (Arithmetic)
order to learn to use mathematics, the first thing to know is the language or language which "express" this math. This language is the numbers. Just as there are many different nations, and each takes a different language, likewise there are several different numbering systems.
We can distinguish two types of numbering systems: ancient and modern.
old systems were developed in every ancient civilization and its purpose was only to count and keep track of numbers, perform operations on these numbers was a chore reserved almost exclusively for the Wise kingdom. The main feature of these older systems is that they are additive. The numbers were written by placing a symbol for each object or group of objects. This made the writing of numbers was very complex. An example is the Roman numeral system in which to write the number 33 would have to write "3 tens" and "3 units" as follows: XXXIII.
modern numbering systems are based on a unique property of the former special Decimal Numbering System Indoarábigo. This property is that the numbers take on different values \u200b\u200bdepending on the position to be written by one. Because this is called systems positional numbering.
There are many positional numbering systems, each with its special application. For example, the binary system is used in communication between computers and electronics, the Hex system is used for coding 16-bit processors, but the most widely used around the world is Indoarábigo Decimal Numbering System.
Decimal Numbering System Indoarábigo is that we use daily and is called Indoarábigo it became known around the world via the Arabs and it was believed that they developed. However, has found evidence that originated in India.
is a decimal system because its base is the number 10, also is a positional system, as the value of different digits written on a number or figure depends on the position in this figure: thus, in the No. 23, the digit 3 is worth three, but the digit 2 is worth twenty.
This system includes a methodology for naming all the known numbers, either whole or fractions.
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