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?

Which civilization created a numeral system using symbols like a heel bone for 10 and a lotus plant for 1,000?

What base did the Babylonian numeral system use?

Which numeral system is still used today for numbering chapters in books and on clocks?

Which numeral system introduced the concept of zero as a placeholder?

Around what year did the Indian mathematicians invent the place value system with nine digits and a symbol for zero?

Which civilization's numeral system included the symbols I, V, X, L, C, D, and M?

What is the primary numeral system used worldwide today?

Who played a significant role in spreading the Hindu Arabic numeral system to Europe?

Which civilization's numeral system influenced our current way of measuring time with 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour?