the very beginning ancient egypt ancient greece roman empire babylonian numeration
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Demonstrate an understanding of the evolution of our numeration system by connecting concepts such as, counting, grouping and place values from the past to the present Recognize early systems of numeration Write numbers in Roman, Babylonian, Greek and Egyptian. The Very Beginning - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Demonstrate an understanding of the evolution of our numeration system by connecting concepts such as, counting, grouping and place values from the past to the present
Recognize early systems of numerationWrite numbers in Roman, Babylonian, Greek
and Egyptian
The Very Beginning Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Roman Empire Babylonian Numeration The Mayans Hindu-Arabic Numerals Brief History of ZeroTimeline
Maximum Extent of the Babylonian Empire, c. 1750 BC
Maximum Extent of the Egyptian Empire, c. 1500 BC
Maximum Extent of the Roman Empire, c. 15 AD
Homeland & Colonies of Greek Civilization, c. 700 BC
Maximum Extent of the Roman Empire, c. 100 AD
3000 - 200 B.C.Positional systemPlace ValuesBase of 60 No place holder Disadvantages
Examples Write the following numbers:24 48124 6721240 3702
Convert to our number system
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Who discovered it? Why?Place holder (space, “ , θ )A number itself (7th century India)the sum of zero and a number is the numberzero subtracted from a number is the numberzero multiplied by a number is zerozero divided by a number is zeroa number divided by zero is ……Zero divide by zero is ….
3000 BC – Egyptian Numerals2000 BC – Babylonian (Iran/Iraq)400 BC – Greek Ciphered Numerals100 BC – 500 AD Roman Empire300 BC – Mayan (Central America)500 AD – Hindu Numerals800 AD – Arabs adopt Hindu Numerals500 – 1100 Dark Ages in Europe1202 – Fibonacci publishes Liber Abaci