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History of Mathematics
Aryabhata
Decimal System
100
They used the decimal system instead of numerals
Who is the Gupta Empire
100
One of the most famous Gupta mathematicians and combined mathematics with astronomy to make important discoveries.
Who is Aryabhata?
100
Fill in the word... ______ had created a way of writing whole numbers using the numerals 1 through 9.
What is Hindu mathematicians?
200
Hindus created whole numbers using numerals
Who created whole numbers using numerals 1-9
200
Aryabhata calculated aprox. size of Earth, Proposed that planets were spheres, and _________.
What is Suggests that earth spins on its axis
200
True or False: The system also worked for fractions.
What is true?
300
Did the Gupta mathematicians make more than one discovery?
What is the Gupta mathematicians made more than one discovery.
300
Figured out how many days in a year. How many days?
What is 365.258 days in a year, discovered by Aryabhata
300
Why are many calculations impossible without the zero?
What is because place value is highly important?
400
The Europeans called the Arabs way of writing Arabic Numerals
What is a better name for the Arabs way of writing, and who made this name
400
Unscramble this word... scmetiahamc
What is mathematics?
400
Fill in the Blanks: The number 105,1 is in the_____ place, and means________.
What is the hundreds, and one hundred?
500
Arabs learned the Indian System of numbers and spread it to Europe
Who is the people that learned the Indian system of numbers, and where did they spread it?
500
Why would people respect Aryabhata.
What is they thought that he was a genius?
500
True of False... The Decimal system is the same that we use today.
What is True?