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Question 1 - Page 76 - Mayan Number System - Chapter 3 Class 8 - A Story of Numbers (Ganita Prakash)
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Class 8 (Ganita Prakash - 1, 2 & 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
- 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
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Mayan Number System
- Chinese Number System
- Hindu Number System
- Evolution of Ideas in Number Representation
- Figure it out - Page 80
Transcript
Question 1 - Page 76 Represent the following numbers using the Mayan system: (i) 77 We write 77 = 60 + 17 = 3 × 20 + 17 Question 1 - Page 76 Represent the following numbers using the Mayan system: (ii) 100We write 100 = 5 × 20 Question 1 - Page 76 Represent the following numbers using the Mayan system: (iii) 361We write 361 = 360 + 1 = 1 × 360 + 0 × 60 + 1 Question 1 - Page 76 Represent the following numbers using the Mayan system: (iv) 721We write 721 = 2 × 360 + 1 = 2 × 360 + 0 × 60 + 1
