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THE STORY OF NUMBERS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Story of Numbers is the ______ Great Story in the Montessori Curriculum.

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

d)

Fourth

e)

Fifth

2.

Which civilization does the picture above belong to?

a)

Cavemen

b)

Sumerian

c)

Egyptian

d)

Greek

e)

Roman

3.

They are the traders from about 3000 BC who invented a simple way of recording words and kept count with stones, sticks or fingers.

a)

Cavemen

b)

Phoenicians

c)

Babylonians

d)

Mesopotamians

4.

What is the Greek word for five?

a)

Pento

b)

Penta

c)

Pint

d)

Pico

5.

Which civilization is shown on the picture above?

a)

Cavemen

b)

Sumerian

c)

Egyptian

d)

Hindu-Arab

6.

Check the images that belong to the same civilization.

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

Which civilization developed the concept of Zero?

a)

Cavemen

b)

Sumerian

c)

Greek

d)

Hindu-Arab

8.

Which civilization had numerals written almost the same way as we write numbers now?

a)

Greek

b)

Roman

c)

Hindu-Arab

d)

Sumerian

9.

How do we write 23 using the Roman numerals?

(a)  

10.

Romans' way of writing numbers lasted until the 18th Century in Europe because merchants didn't want to complicate things during that time.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The picture above depicts which civilization?

a)

Sumerian

b)

Greek

c)

Cavemen

d)

Roman

12.

Which civilization made use of beads?

a)

Roman

b)

Sumerian

c)

Hindu-Arab

d)

Greek

13.

This civilization lived between two rivers about 5000 years ago.

a)

Cavemen

b)

Sumerians

c)

Egyptians

d)

Romans

14.

This civilization lived around the same time as the Babylonians.

a)

Cavemen

b)

Sumerians

c)

Egyptians

d)

Hindu-Arabs

15.

Hieroglyphics are the characters used by Cavemen.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Discuss how you could relate your Math journey having the Montessori curriculum manipulating the Math materials and relate it with the development of numbers in the story.

4 lines
17.

Long ago, the Malayan people made use of calculators.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

In the Greek civilization numerals, which symbol has the value 9?

a)

alpha

b)

epsilon

c)

theta

d)

gamma

19.

How will you write 15 in Roman numerals?

(a)  

20.

Check all materials that cavemen used in counting during their civilization.

a)

sticks

b)

pebbles

c)

fingers

d)

pillows

e)

shells