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ONE, TWO, THREE, …, ZERO From Counting to Number

ONE, TWO, THREE, …, ZERO From Counting to Number. Bruno Fullone George Brown College. Act of Counting Depends on:. 1. Identifying set 2. Carrying out a one-to-one mapping 3. Arriving at the cardinality. Number Word Formation.

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ONE, TWO, THREE, …, ZERO From Counting to Number

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  1. ONE, TWO, THREE, …, ZEROFrom Counting to Number Bruno Fullone George Brown College

  2. Act of Counting Depends on: • 1. Identifying set • 2. Carrying out a one-to-one mapping • 3. Arriving at the cardinality

  3. Number Word Formation • Most common system of forming number words is by addition and multiplication • Some used subtraction

  4. Examples of Word Counting for 18 • English: eighteen (8, 10) • Lithuanian: astuno-lika (8 over 10) • French: dix-huit (10,8) • Chinese: shih pa (10, 8) • Latin 1: decem et octo (10 and 8) • Mexican: caxtulli om ey (15 and 3) • Breton: tri ouch (3, 6) • Welsh: deu naw (2,9) • Latin 2: duo de viginti (2 from 20) • Finnish: kah deksan toists (2 from 2nd tens)

  5. The Aztec

  6. Written Numerals

  7. Sumerian Cuneiform System (at least since 27th century BC)

  8. Hindu Arabic Numerals

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