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Number system converter

Type any number and see how seven civilisations would have written it, from tally marks and hieroglyphs to binary.

Any whole number from 0 to 99,999.

Try these:

Tally marks

Most symbols2026 symbols

That would take 2026 marks in a row. Too many to draw, which is what we're trying to show.

One mark per thing, crossed through in groups of five. The oldest counting there is.

Ancient Egyptian

10 symbols

A different picture for 1, 10, 100, 1,000 and up. Repeat each one as often as you need.

Babylonian

16 symbols

Wedges pressed into clay, counted in sixties. This is why an hour has 60 minutes.

Maya

Fewest symbols4 symbols

A dot is 1, a bar is 5, and a shell is zero. Places are worth twenty times the one below.

Roman

6 symbols
MMXXVI

Letters added up, with a smaller letter before a bigger one meaning subtract.

Binary

11 symbols
11111101010

Only two digits, 0 and 1. Every place is worth double the one before. The code inside every computer.

Our digits today

Fewest symbols4 symbols
2026

Ten digits, including a zero, and the place of a digit tells you its value.

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