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Can you find a word meaning the science of numbers involving adding, multiplying...' in the text above? HINT: it is a synonym of mathematics.
Arithmetic
Where did Euclid found his school of mathematics?
Alexandria
Draw all the different possible rectangles containing 36 squares
1-36; 2-18; 3-12; 9-4; 6-6
How many rectangles can you make with 40 squares? And with 41?
40: (1-4; 2-20; 4-10; 5-8)
41: (1-41)
What was the title of the series of books Euclid wrote? How many volumes did it have?
Elements, 13 books
What did Euclid focus on in his series of books?
Mainly Geometry but also arithmetic
What does the theory of divisibility describe?
It describes some of the relationships between numbers
ex: whether a number is a multiple or divisor, or a prime or a composite number
What two types of numbers did Euclid discover?
2. Prime numbers