| If you thought twelve, you were correct. Note that the order of symbols is not written in descending levels, yet the value of the numeral is still twelve.
This is one characteristic of an absolute numeration system - the order of placement of symbols does not matter. To obtain the count represented by the numeral, simply add the individual symbols. |
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| is one add ten add one for a total of twelve. | ||||||||||||
| is ten add one add one for a total of twelve. | ||||||||||||
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