| A | B |
| Mayan Number System is based on | 20 |
| wedge pointing left (Babylonian) | 10 |
| gamma (Greek) | 3 |
| Hieroglyphic numerals gradually changed to | Hieratic numerals |
| used letter symbols for numerals | greek and Roman number systems |
| Symbol 'D' (Roman) | 500 |
| a tadpole (egyptian) | 100, 000 |
| Babylonian numebr system is based on | 10 and 60 |
| Number of symbols in Greek number system | 27 |
| There was no place value in the | Egyptian number system |
| XCM | 890 |
| a coiled rope (egyptian) | 100 |
| Chinese number system uses | rod numerals |
| sigma (Greek) | 200 |
| B' (Greek) | 2000 |
| number of kinds of wedge-shaped marks the babylonians used to write numbers | 2 |
| The Babylonian zero placeholder | a dot |
| Chinese zero placeholder | an empty grid square |
| Encipherment | the assingment of symbols to numbers |