alleryChinese number words are assembled from the words for one to nine and words for what?
APowers of two
BPowers of twenty
CMultiples of five
DPowers of ten
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Powers of ten
1. Chinese number words join the words for one to nine with words for powers of ten.
2. Twelve thousand is written as one ten-thousand two thousand.
3. Base twenty is a feature of Welsh and French, not Chinese.
_Source: Wikipedia, Ethnomathematics, Chinese_
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