Mayan Mathematics Mayan Math By Brian Betz

How do you do this? I hope you read the Mayan Math page on my pbwiki. Well if you did not see the mayan math page listen up!!!

This is how you do Mayan Math: Mayan Math is a base 20. It goes up in multiples of 20 so say at the bottom it’s 1 then 20 then 400 then 8,000 and so on

A simple Mayan Math Problem:  +  = 

A more complex problem: + o ______ 61

A hard problem PSST! Need help? I just divide the problem into simpler problems. +   __ __ ______ 1,650

Warning. Warning. Don’t try this. This is a brain buster Warning! Warning! Don’t try this. This is a brain buster! Many Have Tried the following problem and have failed numerously!

 +   +   +   +  _________ 17,728 BRAIN BUSTER!!  +   +   +   +  _________ 17,728

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