List of numeral systems
| Numeral systems |
|---|
| Hindu–Arabic numeral system |
| East Asian |
| American |
|
| Alphabetic |
| Former |
| Positional systems by base |
| Non-standard positional numeral systems |
| List of numeral systems |
There are many different numeral systems, that is, writing systems for expressing numbers.
By culture / time period[]
| Name | Base | Sample | Approx. First Appearance | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proto-cuneiform numerals | ||||||||||||
| Sumerian numerals | 10+60 | 3,100 BCE | ||||||||||
| Egyptian numerals | 10 |
|
3,000 BCE | |||||||||
| Babylonian numerals | 10+60 |           |
2,000 BCE | |||||||||
| Chinese numerals Japanese numerals Korean numerals (Sino-Korean) Vietnamese numerals (Sino-Vietnamese) |
10 |
零一二三四五六七八九十百千萬億 (Default, Traditional Chinese) |
1,600 BCE | |||||||||
| Aegean numerals | 10 |
|
