Number Systems
We use numbers not only to show values but also for calculating purposes. So a number system which is easy to manipulate was needed when more complex calculations come across with the evolution of man kind. Different number systems were used in the past with different notations. At the early stages they have used one character such as '1' to represent one unit. this is called as Unary numeral system . As example One 1 Two 11 Three 111 Four 1111 Five 11111 Six 111111 Seven 1111111 Eight 11111111 Nine 111111111 Ten 1111111111 Eleven 11111111111 And when they started counting more lager numbers, using the above number system was impossible so they started using a pattern to count. One 1 Two 11 Three 111 Four 1111 Five 1111 Six 1111 1 Seven 1111 11 Eight 1111 111 Nine 1111 1111 Ten 1111 1111 Eleven 1111 1111 1 In the above number system they have count things by grouping them into five.' 1111 ' symbol is used to represent a gro...