Around the time when the first homo sapiens appeared.
Math was not invented by a single person. Different people discovered or invented different areas of mathematics.
Newton "invented" "applied mathematics" and calculus.
It is important that someone invented a system of studying mathematics. Whether it was the Babylonians is not important - except perhaps to them.
Mayan mathematics was developed by the ancient Maya civilization, which thrived in Mesoamerica from around 2000 BCE to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. It was not invented by a single individual but rather evolved over time through the contributions of various scholars and mathematicians within the Maya society. The system is notable for its use of a base-20 (vigesimal) numeral system and the concept of zero as a placeholder, which were significant advancements in mathematics for that era.
5000 years ago no one knows since mathematics was invented by different cultures at any time. Mathematics is something that was developed and improved since start of mankind as cooking, clothing, numbers, languages, etc. Mathematics and mathematical evolutions are usually combined with different civilizations as Ancient Egyptian, Chinese, Greek, Islamic, and Western civilizations. Math wasn't invented, it was there before people were. People discovered math probably as cavemen, but are still studying it today. Math probably started being used around the time of the Babylonian Empire. it has always been
Around about the time the pencil crayon was invented
J.J sylvester
around the time the egg was
Around the time of the Assyrians.
The ancient Egyptians.
Bharati Krishna Tirthaji
It Was Invented Some Time Around The 70's