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100
The Mayan Number System was created in this century.
What is the 4th Century
100
Egyptians, known for their early innovations, created their number system around this year (Before Christ of course)
What is 3000 BC
100
Predating even the Egyptians, the Babylonians founded their number system in this year.
What is 5000 BC
100
Very similar to our own number system, the Greeks use this number as the base of their number system
What is 10
100
The Hexidecimal system is used in this very important aspect of computer science.
What is coding
200
The Mayans were 1000 years before this group of people in developing a number system
Who are the Europeans
200
Egyptians were the first civilization to have an understand of this easily reduced number.
What is the Fraction
200
This number was used as the base of the Babylonian number system.
What is 60
200
The Greeks used this alphabet to write their numbers
What is the Phoenician Alphabet
200
Incans used these easily formed structures with rope to indicate value (the closer the greater)
What are Knots
300
Perpendicular to our way of writing, the Mayans wrote this way.
What is Vertically
300
Egyptians signified their fractions using this symbol.
What is an open-mouthed ellipse
300
Babylonians started counting something that people seem to always be running short on.
What is time
300
The Greeks used this number, yet they did not understand that it could be left alone
What is Zero
300
This Italian scholar encountered Arabic numerals in the North African city of Bejala
Who is Fibonacci
400
Similar to Morse code, Mayans used these two symbols to symbolize their numbers.
What are Dots and Dashes
400
Despite breaking the law, this archaeologist found a papyrus uncovering the mystery of Egyptian Mathematics
Who is Alexander Henry Rhind
400
Babylonians had an understanding of geometry, and in that, they found these "triples."
What are Pythagorean Triples
400
Since the Greeks use a base of 10, their number system is referred to as the _____ system.
What is the Decimal System
400
These ropes were the way that Incans counted and kept track of value.
What is Quipus
500
Since the Mayans use a base of 20, their number system is described as a ______ number system
What is Vigesimal
500
On the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, their were 89 problems, including these two mathematical concepts.
What are Algebra and Fractions
500
One of the earliest forms of writing, Babylonians used this form of writing that used a set of wedges to write their numbers
What is Cuneiform
500
The Greeks first number system was referred to as the _____ system...the numbers are the abbreviations of the letters.
What is Acrophonic System
500
The number system used by the United States today is referred to as ______.
What is the Arabic number System