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THE MAYA 6 CONTENT Ancient History Math Mystery The Maya, who lived in an area known as Mesoamerica, had a vigesimal system that was both unary and positional. Vigesimal means base 20. The Maya were also the inventors of the numeral zero. It wasn’t that other civilizations didn’t understand the concept of zero, they just didn’t create a numeral for it! Maya Numerals 0-19 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Maya Place Value 8,000s (20 3 ) 400s (20 2 ) 20s (20 1 ) 1s Numeral horizontal orientation stacked horizontal orientation The Maya numeral system is a series of dots and bars for numerals 1-19. The numerals 1-5 are written horizontally in one row. Numerals 5 through 19 also use dots and bars, but the ones are stacked on top of the fives. Once the Maya got to the numeral 20, they stacked them vertically and used powers of twenty to show their value. For example, this numeral is 5,125. + Try to determine the value of the Maya numerals in this place value chart. Record your answers in the row labeled “Numeral.” Think Inside of the Box = 400 x 12 = 4,800 = 20 x 16 = 320 = 5 = 5 5,125 How can you compare the cuneiform numeral for 60, and the Maya numeral for 20?
7 SHANG ORACLE BONE NUMERALS Shang oracle bones were used in the religious practice of divination by the ancient Chinese over 3,500 years ago. The numerals were etched into the bones themselves. This system was unary. Shang Oracle Bone Numerals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 20 30 40 50 80 88 100 162 200 500 600 656 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 Write 3,213 using Shang oracle bone numerals. CONTENT Ancient History Math Mystery Shang Oracle Bone Fragment
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