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Zero

Zero. Joshua Blaskowski. The word zero. Arabic Safira “it was empty” Sifr “zero” = “nothing”. The beginning. The Prehistoric man counted Seasons, members of tribe, dear killed No need to count zero deer. Base counting system. Base five counting system often used because of five fingers

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Zero

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  1. Zero Joshua Blaskowski

  2. The word zero • Arabic Safira “it was empty” • Sifr “zero” = “nothing”

  3. The beginning • The Prehistoric man counted • Seasons, members of tribe, dear killed • No need to count zero deer

  4. Base counting system • Base five counting system often used because of five fingers • Likely the reason for todays base ten counting system

  5. Symbols • Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans all used different symbols • Grouped together to form larger numbers • Zero was not necessary

  6. Babylonians • First to introduce a symbol for zero as placeholder • Base sixty • Abacus

  7. Ancient Mayans • First to give zero numerical value • Base twenty

  8. Western world • Last to accept concept of zero • Called Evil

  9. Alexander the Great • Base ten number system • Assigned zero as numerical value • The Negative Number • Current number system

  10. Work cited http://www.saxakali.com/historymam2.htm http://www.mediatinker.com/blog/archives/008821.html http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/ http://www.wga.hu/tours/sistina/index1.html

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