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Our Number System

by Midori & Adeline

Our system works in "base ten". It is an additive system which means you add the numbers and it does not matter in which order you write them. For example the number "23" can be written

It can also be written .

We chose "base ten" for our number system because we are used to it. Our number system has a "zero".

Below you will find a chart where we have shown our numbers from zero to one million.



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