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History of Mathematics chapter 1

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ancient Babylonians had their number system based on?

a)

10

b)

30

c)

60

d)

40

2.

Which image below shows Babylonian Clay Tablet?

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

What is this number? (Babylonian numeral system)

a)

16

b)

32

c)

61

d)

111

4.

What is this number? (Babylonian numeral system)

a)

25

b)

82

c)

32

d)

141

5.

Sumerian writing

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Scribes

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Phoenician alphabet

6.

You have learned about Mayan numerals system , so what number is this?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

7.

and this one?

a)

19

b)

18

c)

7

d)

23

8.

Then, What number do these figures add up to?

a)

10

b)

20

c)

30

d)

40

9.

What Mayan number is this?

a)

10

b)

19

c)

29

d)

9

10.

Convert these Egyptian hieroglyphs into modern day numbers

a)

267

b)

287

c)

237

d)

337

11.

and this one?

a)

853

b)

753

c)

763

d)

767

12.

Egyptian writing?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Scribe

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Phoenician alphabet

13.

Tadpole present?

a)

1

b)

200000

c)

100000

d)

400000

14.

In which numerals X, M, V, L, etc. belong to?

a)

Chinese rod number

b)

Mayan numeral

c)

Egyptian numeral

d)

Roman numeral

15.

What numbers these Roman numerals represent?

a)

100

b)

110

c)

70

d)

45

16.
a)

40

b)

35

c)

60

d)

30

17.

CLXXXIII = ?

a)

173

b)

183

c)

133

d)

180