(especially the reservoirs) and Mayan agricultural strategies. Finally‚ do you think other factors may have also contributed to the Maya collapse? If so‚ explain why. Based on the Scarborough and Haugh readings‚ I believe that the likely cycle of events leading to the cultural demise were from bad or uninformed decision-making on agricultural strategies and infrastructure design strategies that positioned themselves to be heavily dependent on reservoirs for water. The Mayans made the decision to develop
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|The Mayan Number System | |The Mayan number system dates back to the fourth century and was approximately 1‚000 years more advanced than the Europeans of that | |time. This system is unique to our current decimal system‚ which has a base 10‚ in that the Mayan’s used a vigesimal system‚ which | |had a base 20. This system is believed to have been used because‚ since the Mayan’s lived
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art and civilization‚ describing at least one Mayan work of art as part of your answer. Please include page number from your book where art piece is found. The Maya invented a written language‚ a great calendar‚ advanced mathematics‚ and huge temples made of stone. The temples that they built suggest that the Maya priests were high power. The walls of their temples were richly carved and painted. On page 343‚ I found a great example of the Mayan art. The art piece is called Lintel 24 from Yaxchilan
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summarizes the article‚ describes how the strategies in the article can be used in the classroom as well as a personal reflection. Mathematics is often viewed as a non-cultural subject. However‚ there are many ways that a mathematics teacher can make mathematics more inclusive and inviting for all students. The article‚ “Multicultural Mathematics: A More Inclusive Mathematics” is an article that describes methods and strategies to assist teachers in making Math more inclusive to appeal to all students
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ten with a symbol representing zero to nine. Numbers are written horizontally with each number place representing that the number value has exceeded the value of the number place to the right. The Mayans or Mesoamericans used a twenty based number system that is written vertically. According to the Mayans numerical system one dot is equal to one and instead of writing five dots for the number five a line replaces the dots. As you continue to count you place dots six through nine above the line that
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every aspect of daily life. This was the ancient Mayan religion. Although some beliefs‚ values‚ and minor traditions are still upheld by followers today‚ for the most part this religion has completely vanished along with the ancient mayan civilization. This may be for good reason‚ as some of the practices were barbarous and bordering on pure insanity. Through the madness‚ there were three very important aspects of this religion that guided the mayans; There holy book‚ the Popol Vuh‚ There gods‚ present
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1) Calculation of Labour Utilization: No. of total employees = 22 No. of assistant supervisors = 4 Time used by assistant supervisors for production process = 100% -10% = 90% Therefore‚ the total available labour = 18 + 0.9*4 = 21.6 Maximum labour hours/ month = No. of days*labour hrs available/day*total available labour = 20*8*21.6 = 3456 hrs Actual labour hours used = 1531.7 hrs Capacity Utilization = Actual labour hours used/ Maximum labour hours available = (1531.7/3456) * 100 = 44
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Part 1. Describe the order of operations and explain how it is used to simplify expressions. Explain specifically the order in which mathematical operations must be performed to correctly simplify an expression. The order of operations is a rule that always applies to mathematical problems. It includes addition‚ subtraction‚ multiplication and division as well as grouping of numbers (such as in parentheses and powers). It gives a definite order of how to do a problem involving multiple operations
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The importance of Mathematics In such a modern and non-stop developing world nowadays‚ most people need mathematics as an important tool for their occupation‚ no matter what it is. Obviously‚ mathematics plays a vital role in daily use such as architecture‚ business‚ clerical work‚ etc... We even use math to balance our budget‚ pay bills‚ check our saving accounts‚ etc. Math is an important part of our civilization. Most people using mathematics recently wondered if they should learn about its
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Vice-Chancellory Open Universities Australia (Curtin) Unit Outline 311803 EDP136 Mathematics Education 1 OpenUnis SP 2‚ 2013 Unit study package number: 311803 Mode of study: Area External Credit Value: 25.0 Pre-requisite units: Nil Co-requisite units: Nil Anti-requisite units: Nil Result type: Grade/Mark Approved incidental fees: Information about approved incidental fees can be obtained from our website. Visit f ees.curtin.edu.au/incidental_fees
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