EXAMPLE
	10	=	1 X 10
	100	=	1 X 10 X 10
	1,000	=	1 X 10 X 10 X 10
			and so on...

10 characters (0-9) are used in the modern numbering system to represent all possible numbers. The position of a character within a larger number is important to defining its value. Each character to the right implies a zero which increases the value of that number by ten times.

EXAMPLE

751 equals 700 + 50 + 1 751 does not equal 7 + 5 + 1

The Egyptian numbering system was also based on units of 10, but instead of relying on the position of numbers to define their value, the Egyptians used different images to represent different units of 10.

100,000	10,000	1,000	100	10	1

To write a number, the hieroglyph representing each unit of ten would simply be drawn as many times as was necessary.

EXAMPLE

500, would be written: