WHY A LESSON ON MAYAN NUMERALS?
Appropriate for Math, World Cultures/Social Studies, Spanish
APPROPRIATE FOR MATH:
Most students are not aware that our numeric system is called the “Arabic system.” I often wonder what would have happened to the world, well, to me personally, because there is NO WAY that I could ever have passed a MATH class taught with Roman numerals! I wonder if THEY had Common Core programs? It is so obvious that our numbering system is based on the fact