HISTORY
COUNTING
SEXAGESIMAL SYSTEM
MULTIPLICATION
WRITE NUMBERS
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Where was Babylonia (name the ancient region)?
In Mesopotamia
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What number did the Babylonians count to on their hands?
60
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What do we use the Babylonian maths for today (sexagonal system)?
Time (seconds, minutes, hours, months, years), measuring angles (i.e. equilateral triangle or 360 degrees in a full turn of a circle)
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What did they use to write their multiplication tables?
Clay tablets and a stick
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Write in cuneiform: 5
îîî_îî
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Which countries make up Mesopotamia today?
Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Iran
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What are Babylonian numbers called?
Cuneiform
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How do you write 1 hour and 45 minutes in cuneiform (Babylonian numbers)?
î________<<<<îîî_îî
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What are the two ways to write ´multiplication´ in Babylonian maths?
With a word (adi) and as a symbol (vertical line)
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Write in cuneiform: 10
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What is the name of the two rivers that bordered Mesopotamia?
Tigris River and Euphrates River
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How high could the Babylonians count up to on one hand?
12
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3. What is this number in base 60? 1 05
65
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How do you write this multiplication equation in cuneiform and what´s the answer? 4 x 2 =
4{vertical line}2____8##îîî_î{vertical line}îî________îîî_îîî_îî
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Write in cuneiform: 63
î____________îîî
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When was maths invented by the Babylonians?
3000 BC
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Write the following equation and answer in cuneiform: 1 + 60 =
61 = î______î
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What is this number in base 60? 1 47
107
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How do you write this multiplication equation in cuneiform and what´s the answer? 5 x 7 =
îîî_îî{vertical line} îîî_îîî_î_________________<<<îîî_îî
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Write in cuneiform: 127
îî___________îîî_îîî_î
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How many years ago did archeologists start excavating (digging up) and finding the ancient remains of the Babylonians?
Approx 200 years ago
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Write the following equation and answer in cuneiform: 220 + 54 =
274 = îîî_î_______<<<îîî_î
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What is this number in base 60? 3 55
235
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What number do the Babylonian ´multiplication times tables´ go up to (our multiplication tables go up to 10)?
50 (1 to 20, 30, 40 and 50)
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Write in cuneiform: 240
îîî_î
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