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Mathematics: All Classes: Wednesday 8.2.6: 1. period
"Next Wednesday, we'll - well, you -- will be having the first test of the year!" Charlie beams at the students over his coffee cup. The students may not share his enthusiasm. "So today you will read some and Friday you will look at what we've done so far in class."
As usual, there is breakfast on the table for those who want.
Beginners
100 words on the topic of your choice in History of Mathematics.
Intermediates
100 words on the Mathematician of your choice.
Advanced
Which Math Prize would you rather win and why?
As usual, there is breakfast on the table for those who want.
Beginners
100 words on the topic of your choice in History of Mathematics.
Intermediates
100 words on the Mathematician of your choice.
Advanced
Which Math Prize would you rather win and why?
Re: Beginners
Dating from the Shang period (1500 BC - 1027 BC), the earliest extant Chinese mathematics consists of numbers scratched on tortoise shell. These numbers use a decimal system, so that the number 123 is written (from top to bottom) as the symbol for 1 followed by the symbol for a hundred, then the symbol for 2 followed by the symbol for ten, then the symbol for 3. This was the most advanced number system in the world at the time, and allowed calculations to be carried out on the suan pan or Chinese abacus.