if there was no number '0'?

Question

how could we write 10.......etc.

LuLu

with such 'sun glasses' i thin u are 'DD'

Answer 1

There was no number zero until it was discovered by the Egyptians! All kinds of mathmatical formulas soon followed!

Answer 2

The ancient Babylonians had a number system based on 60. For instance, they would write 144 as

II >>||||

that is (I = 1, > = 10),

2 , 24

and it had to be read as 2 * 60 + 24.


They did not use a zero. So when they wrote

>I

they could simply mean 11; but it could also stand for 11 * 60 = 660, or even for 11/60. As far as I know, they just dealt with the problem -- the context would make clear what was meant.

That would be the same as me saying that next year I will be 3 years old...

Answer 3

Presumably we'd have to invent a "10" character and use that in its place. Call it "~" for example. We'd count:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ~ ~1 (eleven) ~2 (twelve) ~3 (thirteen)...~8, ~9, ~~ (twenty) and so on.

Or, we'd be in a Base 9 world (rather than the Base 10 we use) and count:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11 (representing 10)
12 (11)
13 (12)
...
18 (17)
19 (19)
21 (20)

Answer 4

You can thank the indians for giving you 0.A lot of what the arabs claim , was actually done first by the indians!Arab scholars studied them first in India....do not deny this!

Answer 5

ARYABHATA.... an Indian scholor first used the number '0'

Answer 6

Probably the same way people used to.
Like these;

Answer 7

if there is no zero, there is no such arab lol

(Facts: Arab who invented the Zero)

Answer 8

I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI...

Answer 9

that is why we have it. r u drunk or something

Answer 10

That's why we have it...