THE MAYAN NUMBER SYSTEM

MOHAMAD FAIZ FARHAN BIN ABDUL RAHMAN (D20172080298)

NURUL SUHAIZA BINTI ROS SAMSUL (D20172080296)
RASYADAH BINTI AB RASID (D20172080300)
ELFARIZKA BINTI MUSTAFA (D20172080305)
NURATHIKA BINTI NOORZAIFUL HISHAM (D20172080310)
One of the most long-lasting It started as early 2000 BC
civilization not just in ancient and their first development is
America but in the world in in agriculture and the earliest
general. village.

Located between Yucatan Peninsular in the

north, Sierra Madre Mountains in the south
and it cover regions of modern-day
southeast Mexico, Guatemala, Belize,
Western Honduras and El Salvador.
This system is unique to our current decimal system, which has a base 10, in that the
mayan's used a vigesimal system, which had a base 20.
A dot (.) was used to represent the units (one through four) and a bar (-) was used to
represent five.
The mayan's were also the first to symbolize the concept of nothing (or zero) and a shell
was used to represent the zero.
Mayan numerals system was sophisticated because the number system are more
advanced than any other in the world at the time.
 MAYAN NUMBER

203

202

201

200
Decimal
20 40 445
equivalent →
CULTURE OF MAYAN
NUMERATION
SYSTEM
 1) Mayan system used
combination of dot (.) and -Grain or pebbles, to represent
bar (-). the dot (1-4) and a short stick or
bean pod to represent the bar
(five).
 Mayan's lived in
Using base 20
such a warm climate
and there was rarely
a need to wear
shoes, 20 was the
total number of
fingers and toes.
 The Mayan's were also the first to
symbolize the concept of nothing (or zero)

The symbol
for zero

A shell place in a position would

indicate the absent of bars and dot
there
 MAYAN’S CALENDAR
-

Calender consist of 365 days 18 months and each

month contains 20 days.

-
The left five days at the end of the year which was a
month in itself that was filled with danger and bad
luck.

Using base 18.