MAT 300-02L

Spring 2006

 

Assignment 1

 

Write the following numbers in Egyptian hieroglyphic notation

 

a.                  1492 

b.                 1999

c.                 12,321

d.                 70,807

 

Assignment 2

 

Write the following Egyptian numbers in our system.  Note that some of my numerals face in the wrong direction because my font set does not have the correct ones.

 

a.

111

2222

333

11

222

 

                                   

 

 

 

  b.      

11111

222

55

11

22

 

 

 

Assignment 3

 

Write each of the following numbers using the (Ionian) Greek numerals given in class. 

 

a.                  125   

b.                 62     

c.                 4821

 

Assignment 4

 

Write the following (Ionian) Greek number using our numerals.

 

     υλη

 

Assignment 5

1.       Express the following numbers in Babylonian cuneiform notation.

a.       1000

b.       1234

c.       12,345


2.       Translate each of the following numbers into our system.  Note that the answers are not unique due to the deficiencies in the Babylonian positional system.  I will use < for 10 and | for 1.

a.      

<<<

||||

<<

|||

<

|||

 

||


b.      

<<<

<<

|||||

<  |||

 

 

|||

 

 

3.       Our base-60 notation is called sexagesimal notation.  Expressing your answer in sexagesimal notation, add 
30, 22, 16 and  15, 56, 18 .