South Asian Numbering System - Use of Separators

Use of Separators

The Indian numbering system uses separators differently from the Arabic system; besides the three least significant digits of the integer part, a comma divides every two rather than every three digits, thus:

Indian System Arabic System
5,05,000 505,000
12,12,12,123 121,212,123
7,00,00,00,000 7,000,000,000

This accords with the Indian numbering system, which has units for thousand, hundred thousand, ten million, etc.

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