Development of Number System - JSS2 Mathematics Past Questions and Answers - page 1
What was one of the earliest methods of counting used by ancient people?
Abacus
Tally marks
Roman numerals
Base-60 system
Which civilization created a numeral system using symbols like a heel bone for 10 and a lotus plant for 1,000?
Babylonians
Romans
Egyptians
Greeks
What base did the Babylonian numeral system use?
10
20
60
100
Which numeral system is still used today for numbering chapters in books and on clocks?
Egyptian numerals
Babylonian numerals
Hindu Arabic numerals
Roman numerals
Which numeral system introduced the concept of zero as a placeholder?
Egyptian numerals
Roman numerals
Babylonian numerals
Hindu Arabic numerals
Around what year did the Indian mathematicians invent the place value system with nine digits and a symbol for zero?
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
500 CE
1000 CE
Which civilization's numeral system included the symbols I, V, X, L, C, D, and M?
Babylonians
Egyptians
Romans
Greeks
What is the primary numeral system used worldwide today?
Roman numerals
Egyptian numerals
Hindu Arabic numerals
Babylonian numerals
Who played a significant role in spreading the Hindu Arabic numeral system to Europe?
Roman soldiers
Egyptian merchants
Arab traders and scholars
Greek philosophers
Which civilization's numeral system influenced our current way of measuring time with 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour?
Romans
Egyptians
Babylonians
Greeks