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three dots. However, <strong>in</strong> the glyph on the left, the two loops (one<br />

above and one below the solid dot <strong>in</strong> the middle) do not count as<br />

dots. Thus the number is really just one bar and one dot, or 6.<br />

Similarly, on the right, the Xs do not count as dots, and aga<strong>in</strong> the<br />

number is 6. Only solid, circular dots count as dots; loops and X’s<br />

don’t count.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Maya</strong> used the loops and the Xs for artistic reasons.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y made all their glyphs more or less square <strong>in</strong> shape to make<br />

them fit together more nicely. In these glyphs for the number 6,<br />

you can also see that the <strong>Maya</strong> would often decorate the bars to<br />

make them more <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g and artistic.<br />

Here we have three more decorated number glyphs. Can<br />

you tell what numbers each of these glyphs stand for?<br />

(If you said ten, twelve, and fifteen, you’re learn<strong>in</strong>g fast.)<br />

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