MATH 4109 ADVANCED EXAM TWO
EVALUATION 2026 IN DEPTH QUESTIONS
WITH METICULOUSLY CRAFTED VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ True or False: The Mayans wrote the digits in their numerals in a
vertical format. Answer: True
⩥ What number is the base for a sexagesimal numeration system?
Answer: 60
⩥ The Mayans had a "hybrid" positional system. Instead of 20 2 as the
value of the "third" place, what was its value? Answer: 18 ⋅ 20
⩥ What strategy did the Romans use to represent numbers that were
multiples of 1000? Answer: A bar was drawn over the necessary
symbols.
⩥ Which style of writing did the Babylonians use? Answer: Cuneiform
⩥ What symbols did the ancient Mayans use to represent the numbers
from 1 to 19? Answer: Dots and horizontal bars
, ⩥ What number does the symbol L represent in the Roman numeral
system? Answer: 50
⩥ Which civilization employed a symbol for zero? Answer: Mayan
⩥ What number did the Babylonians use as the base for their numeration
system? Answer: 60
⩥ What was the most important rule that the Egyptians used when they
wrote sums of unit fractions? Answer: They could never use the same
unit fraction twice.
⩥ Most of our knowledge of early mathematics in Egypt comes from
two papyri. One is known as the Moscow Papyrus. What is the other one
called? Answer: The Rhind Papyrus
⩥ The method of false position is most similar to which problem-solving
strategy? Answer: Guess and check (also known as trial and error)
⩥ Why is it generally accepted that geometry originated in the ancient
Egyptian empire? Answer: The yearly floods of the Nile required that
land had to be remeasured for tax purposes.
⩥ True or False: The Egyptians had a symbol for zero. Answer: False
EVALUATION 2026 IN DEPTH QUESTIONS
WITH METICULOUSLY CRAFTED VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ True or False: The Mayans wrote the digits in their numerals in a
vertical format. Answer: True
⩥ What number is the base for a sexagesimal numeration system?
Answer: 60
⩥ The Mayans had a "hybrid" positional system. Instead of 20 2 as the
value of the "third" place, what was its value? Answer: 18 ⋅ 20
⩥ What strategy did the Romans use to represent numbers that were
multiples of 1000? Answer: A bar was drawn over the necessary
symbols.
⩥ Which style of writing did the Babylonians use? Answer: Cuneiform
⩥ What symbols did the ancient Mayans use to represent the numbers
from 1 to 19? Answer: Dots and horizontal bars
, ⩥ What number does the symbol L represent in the Roman numeral
system? Answer: 50
⩥ Which civilization employed a symbol for zero? Answer: Mayan
⩥ What number did the Babylonians use as the base for their numeration
system? Answer: 60
⩥ What was the most important rule that the Egyptians used when they
wrote sums of unit fractions? Answer: They could never use the same
unit fraction twice.
⩥ Most of our knowledge of early mathematics in Egypt comes from
two papyri. One is known as the Moscow Papyrus. What is the other one
called? Answer: The Rhind Papyrus
⩥ The method of false position is most similar to which problem-solving
strategy? Answer: Guess and check (also known as trial and error)
⩥ Why is it generally accepted that geometry originated in the ancient
Egyptian empire? Answer: The yearly floods of the Nile required that
land had to be remeasured for tax purposes.
⩥ True or False: The Egyptians had a symbol for zero. Answer: False
