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Week 2 Origin of Number
Week 2 Origin of Number
Week 2 Origin of Number
AND ARITHMETIC
Pamela Leutwyler
Once upon a time, in ancient Greece, there was a
USED CAMEL DEALER.
Each day, he counted his camels.
The first pile will function just as the original pebble board
1 hundred
How many camels?
This is beginning to look familiar. Representing a camel with a
Pebble was the first level of abstraction. Next, piles of pebbles will
Be replaced with symbols. Then, we do not need pebbles and boards
5 2 3
The laws of arithmetic