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# Can You Count in Greek?: Exploring Ancient Number Systems, Grades 5-8

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## Description

Discovering the way people in ancient cultures conducted their lives is fascinating for young people, and learning how these people counted and calculated is a part of understanding these cultures. This book offers a concise, but thorough, introduction to ancient number systems. Students won't just learn to count like the ancient Greeks; they'll learn about the number systems of the Mayans, Babylonians, Egyptians, and Romans, as well as learning Hindu-Arabic cultures and quinary and binary systems. Symbols and rules regarding the use of the symbols in each number system are introduced and demonstrated with examples. Activity pages provide problems for the students to apply their understanding of each system. Can You Count in Greek? is a great resource for math, as well as a supplement for social studies units on ancient civilizations. This valuable resource builds understanding of place value, number theory, and reasoning. It includes everything you need to easily incorporate these units in math or social studies classes. Whether you use all of the units or a select few, your students will gain a better understanding and appreciation of our number system. Grades 5-8

Review: Outstanding - It's simple, but strongly highlights the sophistication and efficiency of our current Arabic base 10 system. Seeing all of these predecessors, with different approaches, pros and cons, and incremental progress, is eye opening. And, for children, it makes more concrete some of the harder and more abstract points of basic arithmetic, like carrying digits; bc when you try these in the Egyptian system, it's really obvious what's going on!
Review: Fun - Even great for younger teens

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| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #962,587 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #284 in Social Studies Teaching Materials #1,075 in Math Teaching Materials #9,302 in Education Workbooks (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 58 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Outstanding
*by A***R on November 8, 2020*

It's simple, but strongly highlights the sophistication and efficiency of our current Arabic base 10 system. Seeing all of these predecessors, with different approaches, pros and cons, and incremental progress, is eye opening. And, for children, it makes more concrete some of the harder and more abstract points of basic arithmetic, like carrying digits; bc when you try these in the Egyptian system, it's really obvious what's going on!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fun
*by W***M on April 24, 2024*

Even great for younger teens

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great concepts, kind of long
*by M***A on October 29, 2012*

This is a great little workbook for anyone interested in learning ancient number systems. My students especially liked the Greek and Egyptian number systems. However, for classroom use, this is kind of long. I will definitely not require some pages for my students next year.

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