Mayan Mathematics

 The Mayan lived in Central America, and mathematics was an essential part of their daily lives. For example, they used mathematics to count the days on the calendar, also for astronomy. They even developed an advanced numerical system which it was more developed than any other systems in the world in that era. Mesoamerica and the Mayans had the system of 20 or 5 as a base, which according to the experts this method was created by counting on fingers that help them more to define the numerical system of their own. They had a specific symbol for each number, for example, they had the zero as a shell shape or number one as a dot. They developed the concept of zero, and we still have much evidence discovered by archaeologists that represents all of the Maya’s number even to the heist numbers. Even their astronomy was extremely accurate, and they were able to measure the length of the solar year without any instrument.