3 is in the position of hundreds (10 2).The digit 5 is in the position of ones (10 0, which equals 1),.The Hindu-Arabic numeral system gives positions to the digits in a number and this method works by using powers of the base 10 digits are raised to the n th power, in accordance with their position.įor instance, take the number 2345.67 in the decimal system:

The difficulty of representing very large numbers in the decimal system was overcome by the Hindu–Arabic numeral system. Therefore, it has 10 symbols: The numbers from 0 to 9 namely 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.Īs one of the oldest known numeral systems, the decimal numeral system has been used by many ancient civilizations. It uses the number 10 as its base (radix). The decimal numeral system is the most commonly used and the standard system in daily life.