How have various numeration systems—including past and modern day–served the goals of the society in which they were developed and used?
Answer the following questions:
1. How have various numeration systems—including past and modern day–served the goals of the society in which they were developed and used?
2. Why do you think that different cultures, throughout history, have developed different types of numeration systems? In what historical context did these number systems arise? What influenced the development of these numeration systems? (Please cite information, when appropriate, from the course textbook, The Story of One documentary, and other resources you used to inform your response.)
State a reason why you might prefer to use the Egyptian hieroglyphic numeration system rather than the Roman numeration system.
3. State a reason why you might prefer to use the Roman numeration system rather than the Egyptian hieroglyphic numeration system. (Though serving their purpose at the time, as you’ve learned, there are reasons why other numeration systems eventually replaced these.)
Resources:
https://www.storyofmathematics.com
https://vedicsciences.net/articles/history-of-numbers.html