Sumerian Numbers - Math Worksheet With Answers
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Sumerian Numbers
The Roman number system existed before our number system. Thousands of years before the
Romans, the ancient Sumerians used a different number system. They used these six symbols to
represent their numbers:
1
10
60
600
3,600
36,000
Draw the Sumerian number symbols for each sum or difference. Write the equation in
standard form.
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3.
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Analyze It Look at the Sumerian symbols you drew for the sums in exercises 1 and 4.
5.
Explain how these symbols relate to the symbols used for the addends in these exercises.
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