Definition:Tally Marks/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Tally Marks
Tally marks are the earliest known records of numbers.
However, the technique is still useful, for example, when recording the number of instances of events of irregular frequency.
Sources
- 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Tokens, Tallies and Tablets: Tally marks