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What culture invented a mathematical system based on 10 and were able to add and subtract?
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What culture invented a mathematical system based on 10 and were able to add and subtract?

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The Maya used the vigesimal system for their calculations - a system based on 20 rather than 10. This means that instead of the 1, 10, 100, 1,000 and 10,000 of our mathematical system, the Maya used 1, 20, 400, 8,000 and 160,000.
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