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Question 2 - Page 67 - Multiplying Egyptian Numerals - Chapter 3 Class 8 - A Story of Numbers (Ganita Prakash)
Last updated at November 24, 2025 by Teachoo
Class 8 (Ganita Prakash & Old NCERT)
Chapter 3 Class 8 - A Story of Numbers (Ganita Prakash)
- Introduction
- The Mechanism of Counting
- Some Early Number Systems
- Roman Numerals
- Figure it out - Page 60, 61
- Egyptian Number System
- Variations on the Egyptian System and the Notion of Base
- Adding Egyptian Numerals
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Multiplying Egyptian Numerals
- Distributive Law – For Egyptian Numerals
- Abacus that Makes Use of the Decimal System
- Shortcomings of the Egyptian System
- Figure it out - Page 69
- Mesopotamian Number System
- Mayan Number System
- Chinese Number System
- Hindu Number System
- Evolution of Ideas in Number Representation
- Figure it out - Page 80
Transcript
Question 2 - Page 67 Does this property hold true in the base-5 system that we created? Does this hold for any number system with a base?Yes. In any system with a base (like Base-5 or Base-10), multiplying two landmark numbers always equals another landmark number. Example in Base-5: Since 125 × 5 = 625 So, multiplying by 5, we move one level up
