Chapter 9 Projects

Section 9.1 Individual Research

Individual Research Project 9.1

In Chapter 1, we introduced Pascal's triangle. The reproduction here is from a 14th century Chinese manuscript, and in this form is sometimes called Yang Hui's triangle.
 

Even though we have not discussed these ancient Chinese numerals, see if you can reconstruct the basics of their numeration system.  (Use your imagination.)

Individual Research Project 9.2

Historical Quest:
The Ionic Greek numeration system (approximately 3000 BC ) counts using the Greek letters.  Do some research on this numeration system and report on the basics of this numeration system.  If there are gaps in your research, use you imagination to complete the story you tell about this system.