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Mayan Mathematics

Mayan Mathematics. Mayan Math. By Brian Betz. How do you do this? I hope you read the Mayan Math page on my pbwiki. Well if you did not see the mayan math page listen up!!!. This is how you do Mayan Math:.

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Mayan Mathematics

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  1. Mayan Mathematics Mayan Math By Brian Betz

  2. How do you do this? I hope you read the Mayan Math page on my pbwiki. Well if you did not see the mayan math page listen up!!!

  3. This is how you do Mayan Math: Mayan Math is a base 20. It goes up in multiples of 20 so say at the bottom it’s 1 then 20 then 400 then 8,000 and so on

  4. A simple Mayan Math Problem: +  = 

  5. A more complex problem: + o ______ 61

  6. A hard problem PSST! Need help? I just divide the problem into simpler problems. +   __ __ ______ 1,650

  7. Warning! Warning! Don’t try this. This is a brain buster! Many Have Tried the following problem and have failed numerously!

  8. BRAIN BUSTER!!  +   +   +   +  _________ 17,728

  9. End Credits Confused yet??? Go http://michlelb.nl/maya/math.html

  10. Mayan Math was ahead of their time with a base 20 system. If you enjoyed this PowerPoint read more at http://mayateamthree.pbwiki.com/Mayan-Math

  11. Thanks for visiting mayateamthree.pbwiki Made by B. Betz

  12. Mayan Team Three brought to you by Mr. Newman. A Huge thank you to Mr. Newman himself! THANKS!!

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