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A. Listen and answer the following questions. Note taking
1. What is the main idea of this passage? Topic :
the usefulness of numbers
the importance of numbers
the history of counting Main idea :
some famous Greek philosophers
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2. Who is credited with the first systematic study of 1 Major point :
numbers?
Chinese philosophers
Greek philosophers Details :
the Romans
Korean philosophers
3. What were the first symbols to stand for numbers?
sticks
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2 Major point :
fingers
rocks
bones
Details :
4. Why did they count by 10’s?
because it’s a simple number
because the gods told them to
because they had 10 fingers
3 Major point :
rd
because 10 is an easy number to remember
B. Check True or False.
Details :
1. Pythagoras was a Greek Philosopher.
2. A systematic study of numbers occurred in
China and Mesoamerica.
3. The Egyptians did not use symbols to
represent numbers.
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