Why Numbers like : 1 means One & 2 means two...

Have you ever thought why......... 1 means "one", and 2 means "two"?
The roman numerals are easy to understand but what was the logic behind the phonecian numbers?

It's all about angles !
It's the number of angles.

If one writes the numbers down (see below) on a piece of paper in their older forms, one quickly sees why.

The angles are marked  with "o"s.

No 1 has one angle.

No 2 has two angles.

No 3 has three angles.
 
etc.

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The last image is not operning.....

Is it some .gif file??

Originally posted by :D н ! я σ √
" The last image is not operning.....
Is it some .gif file??
"

      yes it is gif yaar , so gif did not open here

has anybdy tried? show the result pls....

https://www.funonthenet.in/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=129401.0;attach=300617;image

good one

holds some logic but 9 and 7 were quite unusual

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