mayan math

Historical facts

• The Mayan Civilization has settled in the region of Central America 
• It was one of the most densely populated and 
• The Mayan and the others ,Mesoamerican cultures system was based on the num
• The Mayans were the first people that actually used the number zero ,0, 
• The  classic periods lasted to 250 AD-900 AD  

Examples of work ... :]

• Each dot equals 1 . 
• Each line equals 5 _
• And each shell equals 0

Lets see if you can solve it _+_+ . + _ =??

5+5+1+5=
5+11
The answer is 16 !!!

Did you know that .....


The ancient Mayan was depended on the math for the Calenders. There was always a man that used to make the calender based on the number 20.

The number 20was not the only important number in the Mayan math . The number 5 was also a very important number.