Like how did they find out that to times something in a column the second time you times you have to put a sero and then add the 2 answers together or how did they find out that pie is 3.14 or how did they find out how to make fractions into decimals and percentages vica versa..
2007-07-18 09:42:18 · 11 answers · asked by Lizzie T 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
It probably started off with a bunch of these questionsthat just popped out of their head...then they try to find answers to it. They probably looked at the things around them: nature, people, etc. Who knows, the answer might be right in front of you. Then they do many many experiements, trial and error, tests, and all to prove their theory right. I guess it's all about:
1) Question
2) Experimenting/Trying/Searching
3) Discovery
4) Theory
and there we go =)
2007-07-18 09:47:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, people figured out maths things, like fractions and their decimal equivalents or vica versa, during moments of insight that occurred while they were eating pi. Actually I hav sero idea how they did it.
My best guess is they thought about things, experimented then created hypothesis and proofs for their questions, based on their empirical data.
2007-07-18 16:59:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pi (the number, pie is the food) can be calculated from many different ways, and is related to circles. A quick google search in Pi will tell you more information than you'd ever like to know. You can make fractions into decimals yourself - just do long division. It's hard to draw that here, otherwise id give an example. It's really just about careful thought and logical progression.
2007-07-18 16:49:13 · answer #3 · answered by Dan Theman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Philosophers spent hundreds of years pondering these elements of Mathematics. all they used to do back in say 500 BC was sit around and talk to each other about Math, Science and the creation of the world.
2007-07-18 16:49:52 · answer #4 · answered by lildrehawk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They rely on their own effort and not on help from internet.
It's always an advantage if in the beginning of this path is a good math teacher.
2007-07-18 16:49:29 · answer #5 · answered by oregfiu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL- There are people that are very interested in these things. People like are considered nerds.
Anyway- Carpe diem
2007-07-18 16:48:25 · answer #6 · answered by theman134 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they didnt have playstations back then to corrupt the mind.
they weren't too lazy to discover truth themselves instead of believing what everybody else says
2007-07-18 16:44:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I guess they just started putting two and two together!
2007-07-18 16:44:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lots and lots of sticks and stones
2007-07-18 16:46:02 · answer #9 · answered by ☆Zestee☆ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they were born genius
2007-07-18 16:46:26 · answer #10 · answered by Feb 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋