Title: Math 7 Honors Mayan Number System
Course: quiz duplicate error

Watch this video about the Mayan Number System:

Q: What number is [Image: First Mayan Number] in our decimal system?
A: 8

Q: What number is [Image: Second Mayan Number] in our decimal system?
A: 17

Q: What is the value of the second place value in the Mayan number system?
A: 20

Q: How many total symbols did the Mayans have in their number system?
A: 3

Q: What number is [Image: Third Mayan Number]in our decimal system?
A: 26
Feedback ("16"): Remember that Mayan is a base-20 system. The dot on top is equal to 1*20.

Q: What number is [Image: Fourth Mayan Number]in our decimal system?
A: 60

Click this link to go to a web site about Mayan Numbers.

Read the page and try out the app to create some Mayan Numbers.

Why do scholars think that the Mayans chose base-20 for their number system?

Draw the Mayan number equivalent of our number 55.

Draw a number that you think is interesting in the Mayan number system. Make sure to write what the decimal equivalent of the number is.

Why do you think that number is interesting?

Q: The largest number that you can write in one place value in Mayan is 19. What is the largest number you can write in Mayan numbers with two place values?
A: 399

How does the largest number you can write with two place values relate to the value of the third place value in Mayan numbers?
Feedback: 399 is 1 less than the third place value of 400.