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One of the Mayans achievements for math was using dots and bars. Using dots and bars for the Mayans is like using numbers for us. You could either take away or add the dots or bars. Bars represented the number five. The dots were either 1 2 3 4 and was added or subtracted by the dots or bars
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∙ 12y agoArchitecture, and Astrology. Maybe some more advanced gifts but, the most famous of all is the Mayan calendar (astrology) which tells us that the world will end next year. ( if you believe it)
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∙ 11y agoThe number zero
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∙ 9y agoThey had a symbol for zero
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