MATH 4109 Test 1 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Answers 100%
Guaranteed Success | Already Rated A+
What number is the base for a vigesimal numeration system? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔20
True or False: The Mayans wrote the digits in their numerals in a vertical
format. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔True
What number is the base for a sexagesimal numeration system? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔60
The Mayans had a "hybrid" positional system. Instead of 20 2 as the value
of the "third" place, what was its value? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔18 ⋅ 20
What strategy did the Romans use to represent numbers that were
multiples of 1000? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A bar was drawn over the necessary
symbols.
Which style of writing did the Babylonians use? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cuneiform
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
1
, 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
Which civilization employed a symbol for zero? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Mayan
What number did the Babylonians use as the base for their numeration
system? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔60
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.
Most of our knowledge of early mathematics in Egypt comes from two
papyri. One is known as the Moscow Papyrus. What is the other one
called? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The Rhind Papyrus
The method of false position is most similar to which problem-solving
strategy? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Guess and check (also known as trial and error)
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
2
Questions and Answers 100%
Guaranteed Success | Already Rated A+
What number is the base for a vigesimal numeration system? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔20
True or False: The Mayans wrote the digits in their numerals in a vertical
format. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔True
What number is the base for a sexagesimal numeration system? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔60
The Mayans had a "hybrid" positional system. Instead of 20 2 as the value
of the "third" place, what was its value? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔18 ⋅ 20
What strategy did the Romans use to represent numbers that were
multiples of 1000? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A bar was drawn over the necessary
symbols.
Which style of writing did the Babylonians use? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cuneiform
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
1
, 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
Which civilization employed a symbol for zero? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Mayan
What number did the Babylonians use as the base for their numeration
system? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔60
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.
Most of our knowledge of early mathematics in Egypt comes from two
papyri. One is known as the Moscow Papyrus. What is the other one
called? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The Rhind Papyrus
The method of false position is most similar to which problem-solving
strategy? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Guess and check (also known as trial and error)
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
2
