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You must protect yourself from the many dangers in the world around you. What uses might you have for math? How might have you developed some basic mathematical skills? Have fun imagining how the very first beginnings of mathematics might have come about.
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Just look at this quiz as a way to challenge yourself and learn some new math facts! Did you get it? Test your knowledge. What are you wondering? Wonder Words fields count add student time unit invent discovery subtract multiply divide geometry mathematics algebra calculus theorem prehistoric trigonometry Take the Wonder Word Challenge. Join the Discussion. Caleb Mar 30, Hi, question why were computers invented and when were they invented?
Milind Feb 17, Great website. I use it on regular basis. One request is to ensure that authenticate information is conveyed. Pythagoras theorem was actually mentioned hundreds of year before Pythagoras in the Indian text book. Feb 18, Addison Batsell Dec 7, First of all who had the idea to even make school a thing? Dec 10, Carly Aug 18, Carlos Aug 28, Yara Jun 10, Math is a very interesting subject, But,Sometimes it's difficult but thank you wonderopolis for sharing this information with us.
Jun 12, Mar 5, We're glad you liked this Wonder, too, luke!! Oliver Feb 28, Denise Lee Feb 13, I love math! It is my favorite subject and I like all of your math wonderopolises and I love to learn new things from them. Love it! Math is awesome! Do you like math? Feb 15, Hi, Denise! What is your favorite math topic so far??
Jan 25, Sep 26, The following is how you would cite this page: "Who Invented Math? Van Oct 1, Oct 3, Great, Van! Make sure you use the date YOU accessed this Wonder Sep 22, Aryan Sanskrit Jul 16, The Indus Valley is over 8, years old.
The decimal system in purely Hindu. The People of the Indus where practicing advanced math such as calculus and the binary system Math thousands of years before the Greeks,who took most of their knowledge from the Indus valley anyway.
Jul 16, Eli Dec 7, I think its great u respond to your people on most sites they dont thats why this is so helpful. Jun 9, You did, Rita?
That's amazing! Fraction DUde May 23, May 24, What you have done with this "wonder" is give us the history of Man's relation with Math--all we have done as a species over time was label the numbers and notate the processes using the common language to the particular time of our species' understanding and growth.
Who created the Math itself, for this is just a microscopic taste of the Math required to power a Universe. May 1, Gabby Mar 28, This article really helped me! Thank you so much for inventing this site. I have to admit, I have asked myself who invented math but it was usually in a negative format.
Lately though I have developed a liking to math and engineering! Mar 29, Alina Mar 23, Mar 24, Hey, Alina. How did you like this Wonder? Parth Feb 3, You know what?? Feb 6, Parth Feb 6, Thnks Wonderopolis for helping Me So much Feb 7, Glad to help, Parth! Nate Dec 9, How come I did not learn who actually created math it's very confusing.
Dec 9, Nate Dec 14, Dec 14, You're welcome, Nate. Thank YOU for visiting Wonderopolis and learning with us! I don't know but all I know is I have a sa about math and who invented math. Nov 4, We hope this Wonder helped, destiny! JohnRuel Sep 20, I really really can't believe now for what I learn,for me all of them created the math.
Sep 20, It's great that you stopped by Wonderopolis and learned some new things with us, JohnRuel! Jul 25, Thanks for stopping by Wonderopolis, Pareeza! We hope you learned more about math! Landon Apr 5, Nasia Dec 6, Dec 7, Thank you for joining the discussion, Nasia!
Apr 7, Apr 15, Doni Mar 6, I still don't understand, I need to know who created math but I cant find it. Do you know exactly who created math because I am going to tell people about this and I want to make sure who discovered math. If you tell it will be great thanks!
Book worm23 Oct 26, Nobody actually invented math it just evolved over time. They discovered it not invented it. Oct 27, We're glad you joined the conversation, Book worm23! KC Jul 10, BlibbyB Oct 26, Actually no one really invented it. It just evolved over the years. Jul 11, Welcome, KC! We're glad you learned something new!
Thanks for sharing those cool facts! Parsa Mar 6, Aksel Dec 23, Dec 26, Mar 8, Dahlia Feb 16, Feb 17, Don Bortey Feb 10, I love maths, but i dont know the person who invented it.
Feb 11, Nyla Jan 27, I love math and I am doing a research project so I wanted to know who invented math. Jan 28, Jan 8, Angie Dec 31, How was math invented? Who created math? When was math invented? Why was math invented? Dec 31, Cristine Nov 22, I did liked this wonder since I search some facts about math and it gives me what I need Nov 23, That's awesome, Cristine! Thank you for sharing. Isabela Oct 3, I just thought that there was one person who created mathematics but it's just done with the help of a thousand people it think.
Oct 5, Realist Sep 26, To be honest you're lying to people. Math was invented, This means mathematics is not innate, nor is it naTuran for the human being, there for making it an invented language used to describe the natural world. I'm thoroughly disappointed in this article.
Are you sure? Where did you get that information from then? Sep 28, Sep 27, As far as I know Sir. Raman is a world renowned mathematician. Hopefully he was. Sep 15, Wonderopolis May 4, Hello, 2q3r! Ethan Sep 2, Sep 3, Math is a scientific principle that seems to predate even science itself. When you stop and think about it though, who was the first person to use math?
After all, we know famous inventors of specific equations, but what about for math as a concept? This doesn't seem like too far off of a proposition either given that modern realms of science have founders, like Max Planck, the father of quantum mechanics or Isaac Newton and calculus.
So, who invented mathematics? The origins of mathematics date back to early pre-historic times that were, well, prehistory. That means that we have no proof of the origins of the first use of mathematics, but we can infer. The first peoples on earth would've had to deal with principles of number, magnitude, and form on a daily basis. From deciding which berry to eat or which basic task accomplished the most work in the shortest amount of time.
In a hunter-gatherer culture, you early humans also would've had to have dealt with the division of food evenly throughout the community. So there would've needed to have been some method of mathematical distribution.
As for actual evidence of these first practices, we have artifacts dating back 20, years in Africa that present some of the first conceptual theories of time. Geometry was one of the first subsets of mathematics that was likely formed as well. We have evidence dating to the fifth Millenium B.
For the early years of math , cultures existed largely siloed into their own communities and geographical areas. This meant that each region developed its own means of doing math that slowly evolved to reflect the core principles of the mathematical laws of nature. Each roughly years ago can be traced through a lineage of discovering addition, multiplication, and division. Mesopotamian and Egyptian societies likely made the largest advancements in early mathematics simply due to their age of existence and their overall size and resources.
More advanced mathematical methods started developing in Greece around 2, years ago. These are specific formulas and theorems like the work of Pythagoras or Euclid.
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