Numerals Worksheet

You may want to read the following before doing this worksheet:

• Babylonian Mathematics
• Greek Attic Numerals
• Greek Ionic Numerals
• Roman Numerals

1. The Babylonians found the approximation 1;24,51,10 as an approximation to √2.
   • Represent this using Babylonian symbols.
   • Evaluate this number to eight decimal places and compare it with the exact value of √2.
2. [Not yet digitized]
3. Represent the following numbers in the specified notation:

   a. 371 in Attic numerals	b. 1 in Ionic numerals
   c. 3,712 in Babylonian notation	d. 841 in Roman numerals

4. What numbers do the following represent?

   a. DCCLXXVII

   b. XHH|

5. Multiply LXVII by XXXIV. How did you do it?
   Last updated August 17, 2012.

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