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THE NUMBER ZERO By Imamah Kassam
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HISTORICAL FACTS Zero has been here for a long time and we still use it today zero came from India initially and the Arabians spread it to Europe and other places Europe was one of the last countries in the whole world to get the number zero.
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANCIENT NUMBER SYSTEMS AND THE ONES WE USE TODAY Here are some differences between ancient number systems and the ones we use today : The Egyptian number system numbers were based on real life things if you look at this picture Things like a flower, a finger a frog and a person.
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THE INTRODUCTION OF ZERO TO EUROPE The British were one of the last countries that got the number zero They got it in 800 AD And after being one of the last people to have the number zero they are now top for everything!
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THE EXPANSION OF MATHS different types of maths started to expand at different times Maths has been here for a very long time Maths was invented way before the number zero so people had different number systems and they used to do maths with the old number systems.
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THE ANCIENT GREEK NUMBERS The ancient Greek number system was very different because they don’t have a number zero. if they do subtraction with the number subtract itself you wont get zero because there was no zero!
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WHY ZERO IS STILL USED TODAY!!!! We still use the number zero today because when it spread to places the majority agreed so that’s why we still use zero today!!! In this presentation I hope you have learned more about the number zero and its history
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