Decimal-to-Mayan conversion:

1427881
can also be written as
1427881
= 20^4*8 + 20^3*18 + 20^2*9 + 20^1*14 + 20^0*1
= 1280000 + 144000 + 3600 + 280 + 1
= 8*POWER(20,4) + 18*POWER(20,3) + 9*POWER(20,2) + 14*POWER(20,1) + 1*POWER(20,0)

Thus the individual Mayan Numbers are
8 18 9 14 1
8 = .:|
18 = .:|||
9 = ::|
14 =::||
1 = .

and finally: .:| .:||| ::| ::|| .


1427881

calculated as follows:

20^4*(3+5) + 20^3*(3+15) + 20^2*(4+5) + 20^1*(4+10) + 20^0*(1)
= 1280000 + 144000 + 3600 + 280 + 1
= 1427881
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