MAYAN MATH

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MAYAN MATH

• By
• Carol, Shirley, Wanda, Donna

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History

• Southern Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala
• Thousands of years ago
• One of the oldest number systems
• Advanced in architecture, astronomy, written
  language, and calendars
• First civilization to use zero
• Some numbers are sacred

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Symbols

• 3 Symbols
• Dot value of 1
• Bar represents 5
• Shell represents 0
• Vigesimal (20-base)

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Comparison

• System based on 20 rather than 10
• Instead of 1, 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, they
• used 1, 20, 400, 8,000, 160,000.
• Written vertically from bottom to top

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Writing Numbers
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Adding Mayan Numbers
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Another Mathematical System

• More intricate and complex
• Utilized glyphs based on 18
• Representing assorted deities
• e.g. 1 represented as a young earth goddess

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Websites

• http//fsweb.bainbridge.edu/bdubay/mexico_math.htm
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• http//www.niti.org/mayan/lesson.htm
• http//everyschool.org/u/logan/culturalmath/mayann
  umbers.htm
• http//www.mrnussbaum.com/mayan-math/