History of Math
Here is a short clip giving you the basic foundation of the history of Math. It describes how it was originated and used in a variety of cultures. Watch the video and post afterwords. Check underneath the clip for specific posting expectations.
This clip may also give you some inspiration for your own videos you are working on for math.
1. Post comments explaining 3 pieces of information you learned from the video about the history of Math.
2. Explore on you tube and find and post a link to an interesting math clip. Similar to the one you watched on the previous Math post.
The 3 peices of information that i learned form the video were:
ReplyDelete1: The roman numerals were based on 1 and 10 as it was shown on the scoreboard
2: In the early times they used many types of items which were worth as 1,10,20 and 30s, thses were used as their currency
3: The "INCAS" used ropes with some beads on them as currency
Why do you think 1, 10, 20 , and 30's were an important number? There is a lot more numbers that could have been used. Also have you noticed how 10, 100, 1000 was told to be important and in our daily math I still see these numbers frequently. Why do you think those numbers, especially with the zero is important?
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkTE1LZ_tLk..............This also talks about the early years of math by someone from TED
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a really good video! I find the videos from TED very useful and logical. This video was a bit humorous when the man mentioned " King of pop" but, later on moved to deep thinking.
DeleteMoving deeper in the topic, one saying that was interesting would be " If a verb is 100 times more frequent, it regularizes 10 times slower". There was also a math formula for this which made me feel like math is a language. I'm not sure but as an inference I think they meant something similar to "Habits are hard to get rid of" or " Habits last long". By this, I think they mean that when a word is used more often, people get use to it and changes barely happen. It turns into a stage similar to habit. But, it's confusing to relate any of this with math.
Delete1.The numerals from 1-9 was figured in the 3rd B.C in India and it took 800 years to construct place values with zero's
ReplyDelete2.In the abacus the Chinese called the numerator "the son" and the denominator "the mother"
3. Patheoletic people were the first to use symbols for numbers because when numbers got larger it got confusing
this video is long but interesting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9_Svhz_SHo
How do you come to think of this being invented in India? When I think of numbers, I always think that the Romans were all leading to this. In Indian and near cultures ( BENGALI, PAKISTANI, etc) math is very important and is enforced by many elderly or parents. Do you think math is important and has a very high focus on it because, the numerals were invented there?
DeleteWhat i learned from this video:
ReplyDelete1.Clay cones stood for 1, clay balls stood for 10, and large cones stood for 60
2. Early Romans came up with an I for 1 and X for 10, and we still use those symbols today
3. The chinease named the numerator the son, and the denomonater the mother
Why do you think that the numerator was the son and the denominator was the mother? In my opinion, it feels the other way around. I think of the mother being a higher superior and the son coming lower into the denominator.
DeleteSomething I can tell is that the denominator is a bigger number completing the whole total while the numerator is the partial part. This might represent the mother being all and the total adult and the son being born as partially from his mother. The son is a few parts of his mother.
What do you think?
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ReplyDeletei)the numbers from zero through nine was not invented until the third century B.C in India. And it took another 800 years to use the zero as a place number value.
ii) Chinese people called the numerator the son and the denominator the mother for fractions. And they invented the abacus.
iii) ancient people used tally and invented symbols for numbers.
Abeeshan, the last fact you learnt about tally is interesting. They had started using objects when the numbers became larger. What I want to ask is that we still use tally in our learning sometimes, and as a rule, when the fifth tally comes we have to make a diagonal line across the four other tallies right? So it would look like (||||) with (\) on top. As I was saying, in the video they showed the person making lines straight forward. They didn't seem to stop at 5 to make a diagonal line. Do you think they used that system back then or is it modern?
DeleteWhat I found interesting was 1. Math had taken a very long time to evolve over years.
ReplyDelete2. Different culture's had different ways to figure out everyday life and they had there own way to count.
3. Thirdly, I thought that it was intersting how the caveman found different ways to show how number's after they were confusing him like a cone = 10 and a larger cone = 100 .
I agree with you very much on number two. There was so many different cultures with different ways of math. Do you think there is still some cultures that use different way of math that we don't use? Or does the whole world do the same math as us?
Delete1.Over 30,000 years ago it was awkward to the people when it came to large amouts.So to make it seem easier for them, they used symbles 1 small clay cone= 1 a clay ball= 10 and a large cone stood for 60. And that's how it was easier for them 30,000 years ago.
ReplyDeleteMr. Cheney asked for three things you learnt, do you have two more? Yes, this way it was much easier for them. Did you know, the way we use thousand, hundred, tens, and ones blocks are similar to what they did? We use objects in different shapes and size (flat, cube, large, small, tall, long) to make it easier to identify which is which!
Deletewell the first thing i discoverd was that when it came to bigger numbers they dident use friendly numbers like 10s or 50s or 5s as much they used harder numbers like 19s and 60s
ReplyDeleteWell, 60 may sound like a harder number but, in reality it has many ways to be used! Did you know 60 is the smallest number that is divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6? This means we can divide 60 with :
Delete60÷1=60
60÷2=30
60÷3=20
60÷4=15
60÷5=12
60÷6=10
So this makes it easier to make into fractions and divide. On the clock we have 60 min, and 60 seconds. We usually end up counting by 5's all the way to get to 60 for the minutes. Farina as you said, 5 is a friendly number.
the 3 pieces of information i learned were:
ReplyDelete1: the early romans use alphabets to show their numbers like.. x for 10 and i for 1...
2: in the early times the people use their toes and fingers and some items to count as 10,20 and 30's...
3:Chinease society used and abricus for their 10's but they have no 0..
Yes! I just noticed they don't really have 0 after what you said! Do you think they needed 0 at that time?
Deletemaybe they don't that's why the didn't have 0..
Delete1) The cave men used small clay stones, round clay stones, and bigger clay stones to show numbers.
ReplyDelete2) Chinese people invented the abacus as an ancient calculator.
3) Mathematics has been around since the cave-men.
Math has been here for quite a long while. What do you think the difference is between math in the ancient time and the modern time (present)?
Deleteromens used a very creative way to count they used x's as 10s and I's as 1's and added x's and I's as to make new numbers
ReplyDeleteIt was creative but, at the same time a bit confusing. Do you understand how the letters work? I really get confused and have no idea at times.
DeleteWhat i learned from the video
ReplyDelete1.The chinease named the numerator son and denomonator mother (Weird)
2.In the for fourth millenium peple use stones as a number system like a clay cullum stands for 1 and a clay ball was a 10 and a large clay stone stands for 60.
3.Roman use a number system like X is 10 and I is 1.Like X and I is =11
Derrick, why do you think this is weird? The part about the numerator and the denominator? Is it because of the order, the gender, the people, the culture, or anything else?
DeleteI also found it weird because, I don't understand how math is related to the culture of the son and mother. However, I will research.
I know but frome my point of view it's kind of weird.I Know it makes sence but it's just weird for math
Delete1. In India during the time of the 3rd BC, the numerals 1-9 were invented.
ReplyDelete2. 800 years later they started to make place values with zero.
3. The abacus, made in China, was the first calculator and was used mainly by wealthy people and by merchants.
4. The first people in the world used a tally to count, but it got confusing and they then used symbols.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elvOZm0d4H0
If tally were to get confusing in the past, why do you think we still have to learn this in present time?
Delete1) some people of diffrent cultures write numbers in diffrent ways 1 is by making tallys 2nd one is the roman numorals its xi ix 3rd one is the incas they use rope with diffrent colors and tie diffent numbers that represent a number
ReplyDeleteDo you think they still use all these different ways? Or is it all put together in the numeral form that we use in school?
Deletewhat i was glad to find was that some of the earlest people actully used toes and fingers to count
ReplyDeleteYes, so we aren't the only ones counting using our fingers! It's strange but, smart how they had put use to their toes. I don't think people now a days use their toes anymore to count unless young children.
DeleteI learned that things were confusing and complicated. I also learned that there were so many ways of displaying math and numbers, and we may be able to use some of the objects or skills in our videos for math; surface area and volume. Another thing I've learned is that math/ numbers were created in many different places at many different times which makes mathemetics seem like it never has an end/root/beggining.
ReplyDeleteYes, visual ways of showing math. We can show objects such as boxes and other items (table,books,bed mattress, etc) to represent our 3D shapes.
DeleteThe last sentence is a perfect way of explaining the ways of math history. I don't think a certain person started math, maybe a certain area? However, we were shown many places with many cultures so that might not be the case.
DeleteThree peices of information I learned form this video are:
ReplyDelete1. Chinese society invented the abacaus.
2. To represent the passing of time, Patheoletic people drew tally marks on bones, stones etc.
3.The Romans created symbols known as the Roman Numerals to represent numbers.
Geetanjali, what do you mean by bones? They drew tally on bones?
Deletewhat do you think is the most important math tool is it the abacus?
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBOShy-rxnw
ReplyDeletethis link tells us about how Chinease, Greeks, Egyptions, Romans,and other people used numbers...
I really like the video! It's very helpful with the subheadings and the captions popping up. I actually knew how to pronounce the different cultures name, but I didn't know the spelling. This video is very helpful!
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ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jXzLkpYCZE
1)cavemen used tallies to keep track of the seasons for planting
ReplyDelete2)throughout history, people used different stratagies to calculate
3Egiptians used a doubleing stratagie to solve eqasions
what was your favorite part in the video
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK9NTS1FZbk This is interesting, it breifly shows a timeline math history but not with much explanations.
ReplyDeleteThis whole video was interesting and I had learned so much! Who knew math history can differ so much compared to mathematics today. Something interesting I noticed was that, the ancient people had used these numbers for important subject matters such as : building houses, counting objects and seasons, measuring space, and much more. We still do this today, but at that time math was a dependable survival trick. Some other things I learned was :
ReplyDelete1. The number system of using 60 was created by the Babylonians and the Semitics. It is amazing how we still use this system today for time, days,and much more in our lives.
Here is a link that explains more :http://www.sciencedump.com/content/why-do-we-use-60-so-much
2. The Chinese used the abacus. I have to admit, I have always seen this abacus but, never knew what they were for assuming it was a toy. Now, knowing that the Chinese had invented this, it was a hand calculator used for so many things by rich merchants and finally that the numerator and denominator was called son and daughter.
3. It was interesting to know that 6 meant putting all your finger up in one hand and another thumb in the system used by Zulu.
This is a very short video on the number of 37. We all think that 37 is not divisible by anything and it is a dumb number just there like that. Well, in this video it shows how useful and important the number 37 is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zx1BpsAcxs
ReplyDeleteThis website has all the background history for each part of math. It's short and easy to understand. It's the same as the video but, on this site:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.peterliljedahl.com/wp-content/uploads/K-7-IRP-historical-background.pdf
1.They figured out the currency by using items that equal to 10, 20, 30 etc.
ReplyDeletewhich was invented 3000 years ago.
2.There was a doubling strategy the Egyptians used to solve certain equations.
3.The Romans created symbols which are the Roman numerals to represent numbers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elvOZm0d4H0
1.What I thought was most interesting was how the video showed all the different ways of displaying math from when it was invented till now.
ReplyDelete2.The Romans had created there own numbers called the roman numerals to represent there way of displaying numbers.
3.They back then also used there fingers and toes to count numbers.
Three pieces of information that I learned from this video are:
ReplyDelete1. The different strategies that Russian peasants and ancient Egyptians used to solve problems.
2. How Babylonians used symbols to create numbers.
3. In the abacus the Chinese called the numerator "the son" and the denominator "the mother."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBOShy-rxnw
ReplyDeleteThree peices of information that I learned from this video are:
ReplyDelete1. A small clay cone was used for one, clay balls stood for 10, and large cones stood for 60.
2. The Chinese had named the son the numerator and the denominator the mother.
3. Across Europe and Asia, the abacus was the hand held calculator back then. But, very few knew how to use it. Among people usually wealthy merchants and money lenders knew how to use it.
Link to a youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfEiJJGv4CE
link to the video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jXzLkpYCZE
ReplyDeletethis video shows how the different operation signs in math were created
Delete2)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvewSoJVqYI
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