MATH 4109 Test 1 2025/2026 Exam
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Why is it difficult to determine the unique value of a Babylonian numeral? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔The lack of a zero makes it difficult to determine the place
values of the digits.
Which system employed a subtractive principle in which the symbol for a
smaller number is placed in front of the symbol for a larger number? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Roman
What strategy did the Romans use to represent numbers that were
multiples of 1000? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A bar was drawn over the necessary
symbols.
What symbols did the ancient Mayans use to represent the numbers from 1
to 19? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Dots and horizontal bars
What number does the symbol L represent in the Roman numeral system?
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔50
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, What number did the Babylonians use as the base for their numeration
system? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔60
True or False: It is commonly accepted that mathematics originated with
problems related to solving equations. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔False
Which style of writing did the Babylonians use? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cuneiform
What number is the base for a sexagesimal numeration system? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔60
According to our notes and discussion, which civilization employed a
symbol for zero? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Mayan
What was the most important rule that the Egyptians used when they wrote
sums of unit fractions? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They could never use the same
unit fraction twice.
Egypt is on which continent? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Africa
What was unique about the Egyptians' work with fractions? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Their refusal to deal with fractions that were not unit fractions or (2/3)
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Questions and Answers | 100% Solved
Why is it difficult to determine the unique value of a Babylonian numeral? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔The lack of a zero makes it difficult to determine the place
values of the digits.
Which system employed a subtractive principle in which the symbol for a
smaller number is placed in front of the symbol for a larger number? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Roman
What strategy did the Romans use to represent numbers that were
multiples of 1000? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A bar was drawn over the necessary
symbols.
What symbols did the ancient Mayans use to represent the numbers from 1
to 19? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Dots and horizontal bars
What number does the symbol L represent in the Roman numeral system?
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔50
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, What number did the Babylonians use as the base for their numeration
system? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔60
True or False: It is commonly accepted that mathematics originated with
problems related to solving equations. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔False
Which style of writing did the Babylonians use? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cuneiform
What number is the base for a sexagesimal numeration system? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔60
According to our notes and discussion, which civilization employed a
symbol for zero? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Mayan
What was the most important rule that the Egyptians used when they wrote
sums of unit fractions? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They could never use the same
unit fraction twice.
Egypt is on which continent? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Africa
What was unique about the Egyptians' work with fractions? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Their refusal to deal with fractions that were not unit fractions or (2/3)
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