Ancient Indian Mathematics

What was the symbol for the Indian zero called?

• zero

• number

• blank

• bindu

What did the Ancient Indians do to write big numbers?

• the wrote it side to side

• they didn't do anything

• they stacked them on top of each other

• none of the above

What did they use the number system for?

• astronomy

• painting

• eating

• drawing stick people

What is a base number?

• the number at the bottom

• he number of the unit or numbers we use to count

• a decimal

• a building block manipulative

What kind of mathematics did they do?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• all of the above

What else did they use for astronomy?

• trigenometry

• geometry

• rose water

• none of the above

When did the Indians create the base number system?

• 6th or 7th century

• 2018

• 3rd century

• 5th century

True or False: Indians were the first to use a circle for zero.

• true

• false