How was 1,000,000 expressed when zero wasn't discovered? This is a follow up question to http://openstudy.com/updates/508b8e84e4b0d596c460fbe1

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anonymous · Answer

by counting fingers and toes?

parthkohli · Answer

Seriously? A million toes?

anonymous · Answer

abacus?

parthkohli · Answer

Who would stick an abacus to a paper? haha

parthkohli · Answer

An abacus has a zero too, so it was invented after the discovery of zero right?

anonymous · Answer

ummm...ive run out of clever ways. likely the number zero existed when the other numbers were created, because people figured if someone has one object, and another person does not, that person has [insert number here] objects, a number representing nothing. or people just didnt care enough to count that high

parthkohli · Answer

lol

parthkohli · Answer

Zero was discovered before English was invented. :p

anonymous · Answer

try this link, i cant guarantee it will answer anything: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060708082959AA2SxTZ

parthkohli · Answer

Hmm... impressive.

ganeshie8 · Answer

10  -> A
100 -> 9A
1,000-> 99A
10,000 -> 9,99A
100,000 -> 99,99A
1,000,000-> 999,99A