![]() ![]() This is a "base-10" numeral system, and anthropologists believe we use it because we have 10 fingers - evidenced by the fact that the word "digit," as well as its translation in many other languages, refers to both fingers and numerals.īase-10 feels natural, but that's just because we're accustomed to it. Worldwide, most humans count in blocks of 10: we tally up to nine of something before shifting over to a new number column and starting again with one (so that each column is worth 10 times the amount in the column to its right).
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