THE NUMBER ZERO

1. THE NUMBER ZERO By: FANISI

2. ZERO Introduction The original people who began to have ideas about the number zero were the Babylonians, though the actual number was designed by the Mayans and then finally Indians and Arabs independently created the number using the ideas and designs of the ancient kingdoms. After that the number zero began to spread around the world and then eventually reached Europe. By the end of the 12th centaury the number zero had spread to Europe, China, Cambodia, Northern Africa and parts of Asia. www.mediatinker.com/whirl/zero/zero.html

3. Historical Facts • The number zero reached Europe in the Middle-Ages • The word zero originated from the word Hindu word- Sanskirt, then turn into an Italian word-zefiro and then finally turned to the French word-zéro. • The Greeks were unsure about zero being a number they questioned themselves say “how can nothing be something?” • One of the most famous mathematicians that worked to evaluate math’s using zero was Brahmagupta. He also created the rules of using zero in math www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Zero.html

4. The First European Country To Use Zero The first European country that used the number zero was Italy. Zero was spread by the Arabian to Europe and form there on it spread allover. Before they were introduced to Arabic and Hindu numbers the Europeans used the Roman Numeral System. Italy is located in Southern Europe, It is the shape of a boot and is surrounded by: France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. Italy began to use the number zero in their numeral system around the 11th centaury. www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=history-of-zero

5. Introduction To Europe As you know by the 12th centaury zero had traveled to many lands including Europe. The man who introduced zero to the Europeans was an Italian mathematician called Fibonacci (who was also call Leonardo of Pisa) who brought zero as well as the other Arabic numbers to Europe. Fibonacci learned about Arabic Numbers when he was on a journey the Northern Africa www.anonlineindia.com/facts/zero.htlm

6. Extension In Math’s Zero is a very important number especially in decimal equations and place value. Mainly because it can hold the place of a number e.g. 1 3 is thirteen but if you add a zero in the middle 103 its one hundred and three. Zero is also used in math because when added/subtracted to/by another number zero is the only number that doesn’t change the value of the number it was added/subtracted to. Zero is also the starting point of positive & negative numbers. And in multiplication and division when a number is multiplied/divided by zero the answer is always zero. So zero has a lot of important roles to play in math www.intersetingfacts.org/fact/invention-of-zero

7. My Conclusions • Zero has helped us understand what we know and helped us evaluate our ideas over the past years. • Zero is one of the most important numbers in the whole numeral system. • The Number zero has helped us to use our mathematical recourses and turn them into new theories