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Decimal Number System

Decimal Number System

The number system that we use on day to day basis which uses 10 digits(0,1...9).

Decimal DigitEquivalent Number of Chicks
0
1🐥
2🐥🐥
3🐥🐥🐥
4🐥🐥🐥🐥
5🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥
6🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥
7🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥
8🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥
9🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥

For writing numbers more than 9, our ancestors created this method, we call place value system. Meaning the value of the digit would change depending on its position in the number.

Writing Decimal Numbers

Decimal NumberEquivalent Number of Monkeys
09🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒
10🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒
11🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒
🐒
23🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒
🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒
🐒🐒🐒
💡

When writing number bigger than 9, every time we reach 9 we add 1 to it's previous digit & update that digit with 0. So, essentially we break the number in chuks of 10, Hence the name "Decimal Number System."