Topic : Mathematics (History of Number System)

Grade/Year Level : Math 106.1 (First Year College)

Direction: Match the statements in column A with the choices in Column B. Write the letter on
the blank before each number. Each correct answer is 1 point.

Column A Column B
_g (knowledge) 1.) Using a memory tool made a. Egyptian Number System
of knotted strings called a quipu.

_a (knowledge) 2.) They had a bases 10 b. Babylonian Number System

system of hieroglyphs for numerals and
includes fraction.

_h (knowledge) 3.) They used a vigesimal c. Chinese Number System

system, which had a base 20.

_a (knowledge) 4.) The language is composed d. Finger Number System

of hieroglyphs, pictorial signs that represent
people, animals, plants, and numbers.

_e (knowledge) 5.) Using the letters of their e. Greek Number System

alphabet enabled them to use these symbols
in a more condensed version of their old
system, called Attic

_b (knowledge) 6.) It was a base 60 system f. Hindu Arabic Numbers

(sexigesimal) number system

_b (knowledge) 7.) It is one of the oldest g. Inca Counting System

numbering systems about 5000 years ago.

_c (knowledge) 8.) One of the oldest systems h. Mayan Number System

of numerals that were based on sticks laid on
the tables to represent calculations.

_i (knowledge) 9.) Numbers are formed by i. Roman Number System

combining various letters and finding the sum
of those values.

_f (knowledge) 10.) originated in India in the j. Unary Number System

6th or 7th century and were introduced to
Europe through the writings of Middle
Eastern mathematicians