Whakamārama:

Ko tētahi tohutau kotahi. Koinei te huinga o ngā mati katoa o tō tātau pūnaha tau: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}. Arā ētahi tau e rua, nui ake rānei ōna mati. Hei tauira, he tau matirua te 34, he tau matitoru te 894.

A single numeral. The set of digits is: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}. Some numbers have more than two digits. 34 is a two-digit number, 894 has three digits.

Tauira kōrero:

E hia ngā mati i te tau 2010?
Ko tēhea te mati e tohu mai ana i ngā tekau?
Ko te 500 te tikanga o te mati '5' i roto i te tau 529.

Whakamārama atu anō:

He tau matirua ēnei: 25, 87, 90, 21, 38

He tau matitoru ēnei: 438, 596, 204, 111, 314

He tau matiwhā ēnei: 3621, 9086, 4521, 3620

Kotahi te mati whaiira o ēnei tau: 2.7, 14.2, 956.1, 45.0

E rua ngā mati whaiira o ēnei tau: 0.36, 90.27, 398.20