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Broad Topics > History and Philosophy of Mathematics > History of number systems

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Mathematical Symbols

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A brief article written for pupils about mathematical symbols.

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Stone Age Counting

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What could these drawings, found in a cave in Spain, represent?

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Creative Approaches to Mathematics Across the Curriculum

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Suggestions for teachers about exploring maths in different contexts: art, history and so on

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Fibonacci's Three Wishes 1

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First or two articles about Fibonacci, written for students.

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History of Fractions

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Who first used fractions? Were they always written in the same way? How did fractions reach us here? These are the sorts of questions which this article will answer for you.

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Pi, a Very Special Number

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Read all about the number pi and the mathematicians who have tried to find out its value as accurately as possible.


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