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  2. Kaktovik numerals - Wikipedia

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    30,561 10 3,G81 20 ÷ ÷ ÷ 61 10 31 20 = = = 501 10 151 20 30,561 10 ÷ 61 10 = 501 10 3,G81 20 ÷ 31 20 = 151 20 ÷ = (black) The divisor goes into the first two digits of the dividend one time, for a one in the quotient. (red) fits into the next two digits once (if rotated), so the next digit in the quotient is a rotated one (that is, a five). (blue) The last two digits are matched once for ...

  3. Unit of measurement - Wikipedia

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    One way to make large numbers or small fractions easier to read, is to use unit prefixes. At some point in time though, the need to relate the two units might arise, and consequently the need to choose one unit as defining the other or vice versa. For example, an inch could be defined in terms of a barleycorn. A system of measurement is a ...

  4. Ancient Greek units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Larger units of length Unit Greek name Equal to Modern equivalent Description pous πούς: 0.308 m (1.01 ft) foot haploun bēma [4] ἁπλοῦν βῆμα: 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 podes 0.77 m (2.5 ft) step bēma, [3] diploun bēma [4] βῆμα, διπλοῦν βῆμα: 5 podes 1.54 m (5.1 ft) pace: orgyia ὄργυια: 6 podes 1.85 m (6.1 ft) fathom

  5. Vigesimal - Wikipedia

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    In a vigesimal place system, twenty individual numerals (or digit symbols) are used, ten more than in the decimal system. One modern method of finding the extra needed symbols is to write ten as the letter A, or A 20, where the 20 means base 20, to write nineteen as J 20, and the numbers between with the corresponding letters of the alphabet.

  6. Significant figures - Wikipedia

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    An exact number has an infinite number of significant figures. If the number of apples in a bag is 4 (exact number), then this number is 4.0000... (with infinite trailing zeros to the right of the decimal point). As a result, 4 does not impact the number of significant figures or digits in the result of calculations with it.

  7. Tamil units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    These ancient measurement systems spanned systems of counting, distances, volumes, time, weight as well as tools used to do so. While modern India uses the metric system International System of Units (Tamil Nadu state included), some of these older day measurement systems, especially those of counting, are still used today.

  8. Inch of water - Wikipedia

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    It is defined as the pressure exerted by a column of water of 1 inch in height at defined conditions. At a temperature of 4 °C (39.2 °F) pure water has its highest density (1000 kg/m 3). At that temperature and assuming the standard acceleration of gravity, 1 inAq is approximately 249.082 pascals (0.0361263 psi). [2]

  9. Hexadecimal - Wikipedia

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    Hexadecimal (also known as base-16 or simply hex) is a positional numeral system that represents numbers using a radix (base) of sixteen. Unlike the decimal system representing numbers using ten symbols, hexadecimal uses sixteen distinct symbols, most often the symbols "0"–"9" to represent values 0 to 9 and "A"–"F" to represent values from ten to fifteen.