Everything about Tally Marks totally explained
Tally marks are an implementation of the
unary numeral system. They are a form of
numeral used for
counting. They allow updating written intermediate results without erasing or discarding anything written down. However, because of the length of large numbers, tallies are not commonly used for static text.
In
Europe and
North America, tally marks are most commonly written as groups of five lines. The first four lines are vertical, and every fifth line runs diagonally or horizontally across the previous four vertical lines, in either of the two possible directions (the popular direction may vary from region to region). The resulting mark is known as a
five-bar gate, from its similarity to the same. In some variants, the tenth tally is indicated by an X through the previous four rather than just a line. Two groups of five lines (for example ten tally marks) are sometimes circled.
Chinese,
Korean and
Japanese tally marks use the five strokes of which is the character meaning "correct" "proper" and "honesty."
Notched sticks, known as
tally sticks also were used for this purpose. The burning of discarded tally sticks resulted in the accidental
Burning of Parliament in London in 1834.
To some extent,
Roman numerals and Chinese
rod numerals are derived from tally marks.
Image:Tally marks.svg|Tally marks used in Europe, Zimbabwe, Australia and North America
Image:Tally marks 3.svg|Tally marks used in China, Japan, and Korea
Image:Tally marks 2.png|Tally marks used in Argentina, Brazil and Chile, most commonly for registering scores in card games
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