HOW MAYANS INVENTED MATH
1.What did they use it for?
2.When did it take place?
3.What do the symbols mean?
4.What numbers did they invent?
5.How did they use math?
Here are some facts about the Mayan's mathamatics. The mayans used
math for keeping track of things.It took place westhern America wich is also
known as present day New Mexico.They had symbols that represented numbers
wich is shown below.A dot means one.A shell means zero,and a bar means five.
The numbers that they invented were numbers 0,1,and the number 5.For an exaple
if you have a three bars and tree dots that will or would equal 18.If you want to see more
look at these pictures sown below.They used mathematics to help build stuctures. Used a number
system based on number system of 20 and ours today is based on 10.Once the number reaches 20
the symbol will become a dot again.They used floors so they wont get confused.1st is for the ones.2nd floor is used for 20s.3rd floor is used for multiples of 400 and 4th floor is used for the multiples of 8000. The dots have to be lined vertically.
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Comments (9)
victoriap said
at 2:31 pm on Feb 17, 2011
I like you're name!
Neil said
at 3:59 pm on Feb 22, 2011
Dear J.,
I also like the name you selected for your page. As we move forward, it may be necessary to narrow your research topic, as "mathematics" is a massive topic. Perhaps you can focus upon one aspect of that larger topic. Mayans or Chinese could make for an interesting topic. Please do some preliminary research before our next meeting, so you can make the best choice.
Your Teacher
saptadips said
at 7:14 pm on Mar 4, 2011
I like your page Jordan. I like your questions also. TheMayans is an awesome topic.
nelsonb said
at 7:41 pm on Mar 4, 2011
I like it,but how did they write the numbers?
kaylap said
at 9:20 pm on Mar 4, 2011
How did the Mayans invent math?
Dennis c said
at 6:18 pm on Mar 7, 2011
Did the Myans use any drawings or sgns to do math?
victoriap said
at 1:39 pm on Mar 12, 2011
Wow cool topic. This looks very good. I think you should put more research on. I really would like to learn about this!
brianas said
at 8:22 pm on Mar 13, 2011
Great page
randyk said
at 12:54 pm on Mar 19, 2011
Jordan i love the page, do you know when mayans invented there numeral system
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