Introducing Mathematics

Babylonian sexagesimal system has survived to this day. Circles have 360 degrees. Hours have sixty minutes. Minutes have sixty seconds.

The Chinese were very keen to get an accurate value of π. Liu Hui

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1 = urapon
2 = ukasar
3 = urapon-ukasar
4 = ukasar-ukasa

The naming of numbers becomes an incantation, especially when we get to the bigger ones. Counting to a hundred becomes tedious, but getting to a thousand is like climbing a mountain! What is the last number, the biggest