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Ancient Ways of Counting

Ancient Ways of Counting. Author: John T. Bresnahan. or. (What happens when I run out of toes?). Overview. First, we’ll go over a little history of numbers. Next, we’ll find out why we need to count . We’ll Look at Hieroglyphics, if used today. Finally, we’ll do a couple of fun exercises.

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Ancient Ways of Counting

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  1. Ancient Ways of Counting Author: John T. Bresnahan or (What happens when I run out of toes?)

  2. Overview • First, we’ll go over a little history of numbers • Next, we’ll find out why we need to count • We’ll Look at Hieroglyphics, if used today • Finally, we’ll do a couple of fun exercises

  3. When Did Counting Start? • We really don’t know when! • We believe that human beings have been counting since they have had things to count. We can only be certain back to about 3500 BCE, (Recorded history).

  4. What things do YOU think ancient man counted first? • Rocks? • Animals? • Arrows? • Crops? • Stars?

  5. Why was it important that people started recording their numbers? • Architecture • Business • Music Hieroglyphics are pretty, but,

  6. Can you imagine using Egyptian Hieroglyphics in today’s world?

  7. Can you imagine how confusing a cell phone would be with Hieroglyphic numbers?

  8. Booooaaay, didn’t tchy’all see thet thar saan?

  9. That sign officer?, why, I don’t know what it says, do you?

  10. This sign is obviously in ancient Hieroglyphics. Why don’t we check it again after we learn a little about how the ancient Egyptians counted, about 3500 years ago.

  11. Ancient Hieroglyphics: • Is an additive numbering system (that means that, no matter where you put the pictures in the block, they always add up to the same number), which uses pictures, or glyphs instead of numbers, in base 10, (we use base 10 also) • Don’t worry, it is a lot easier to use, than to describe!

  12. 1, 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 heel-bone arch coil of rope Vertical stroke Lotus flower pointing finger 100,000, 1,000,000 10,000,000 burbot fish or tadpole astonished man rising sun Let’s try one!

  13. Using the numbers on your handout, do number one! To do basic math, you will need two more symbols: + -

  14. Let’s get to that project!

  15. The number was, 3,233 Three thousand, (three blue sticks) Two hundred, (two red sticks) Thirty, (three yellow sticks) Three, (three green sticks)

  16. No matter what you do, you NEED Mathematics!!!

  17. One Theory Is That The ShaftOf The Great Pyramid Points To OsirisOr (Orion's) Belt At The StarZeta Orionis Khufu Or CheopsThe Great Pyramid

  18. Bye the way, the numbers on the sign were:

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