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# numeration

«numeration» in Mova's school dictionary: **written, read and named, for example our place-value…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (numeration — uncountable; a numeration, numerations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (maths) The way numbers are written, read and named, for example our place-value system with ten digits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#m1)

2) (formal) Counting or numbering things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A maths word: "systems of numeration" include our base-ten system, Roman numerals and ancient Egyptian and Mayan numbers. In numeration lessons pupils learn place value: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands.

### examples

- Our system of numeration uses ten digits, 0 to 9. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#x1)
- Roman numeration uses letters like I, V, X and L. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#x2)
- The Maya had a numeration system based on twenty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#x3)
- In numeration we learned to read big numbers like 4,056,000. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#x4)
- Place value is the key idea of numeration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#x5)
- Babylonian numeration was based on sixty, which is why an hour has sixty minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/#x6)

### note

Mostly a formal or maths-textbook word. Related: "number", "numeral" (a written symbol for a number, like 7 or VII), "enumerate" (to list one by one).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «numeration» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numeration/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.