COLOR AND DISCOVER A Journey through Central America's Past

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Zig-ZagPainted designs like zig-zags, squares, and circleswere used by ancient <strong>Central</strong> Americans todecorate their pottery, clothing and even theirbodies. By repeating simple shapes, very complexdesigns could be created. The surface of thisclay stamp would have been dipped in paint andthen pressed onto the surface that was going tobe decorated.28
The Maya Number System0 1 2 345 6 7 8910 11 12 131415 16 17 181920 21 22 232425 26 27 28 29Mayan positional number systemIf you discovered a book full of lines, dots, and mysterious-looking pictures, how wouldyou begin to understand them? The archaeologists who discovered the written records leftby the Maya faced this exact problem. They first learned that the Maya used a simple lineand dot numbering system to count and record dates of important events such asconquests, and the movement of stars and planets.Use the Maya number system above to solve the following math problems.Step 1: Using the Maya number system chart (see above), find your age. What does it looklike?Write it here: ___________Step 2: Find a friend. What does his or her age look like in Maya numbers?Write it here: ___________Step 3: Add your age to your friend’s age. Write both numbers and then add them together.Write age here:___________Step 4: Subtract two: __________Step 5: Write the final number using the Maya number system: ___________http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/Mayan_mathematics.htmlSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews Scotland JOC/EFR January 2012Article written by: J J O’Connor and E F Robertson29
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