A cool guide on Tally Marks From Around The World

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I just feel like the figure on the right should have each unit be the same length. Why should four be denoted with a shorter length?
- 3 is also shorter.
  
  True. I was going to give benefit of the doubt and assume that the creator was counting half of one of the segments, of which it overlaps, as part of that unit. Someone mentioned that the diagram is not actually the correct representation of the number five, anyway. Someone in this comment section said that it means, “correct”. They stated that an entirely different figure (not displayed in this post) actually represents 5.

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