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Mayan Numeral System Concepts

Mayan Numeral System Concepts

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

6th - 7th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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The video tutorial introduces the Mayan numeral system, a base-20 system using dots, bars, and zero. It explains basic counting from 1 to 19, the concept of zero, and how to count beyond 19 using multiple dimensions. The tutorial also covers higher dimensions for large numbers and provides an exercise to practice calculating Mayan numbers.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What base is the Mayan numeral system built upon?

Base 10

Base 60

Base 12

Base 20

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which symbol did the Mayans invent independently?

Zero

Infinity

Square root

Pi

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is the number 5 represented in Mayan numerals?

Two bars

One bar

One dot and one bar

Five dots

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does a single dot represent in the Mayan numeral system?

Twenty

Five

Ten

One

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do the Mayans represent the number 20?

One dot in a new dimension

Two bars

Four dots

One bar and one dot

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the Mayan numeral system, what does each new dimension represent?

A new base

A multiple of 10

A multiple of 100

A multiple of 20

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the Mayan numeral for 400?

One bar in the second dimension

One dot in the second dimension

One bar in the third dimension

One dot in the third dimension

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