{"id":21089,"date":"2022-03-10T21:33:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T21:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=21089"},"modified":"2025-03-26T10:47:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T10:47:44","slug":"number-stories-of-long-ago-by-david-eugene-smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/number-stories-of-long-ago-by-david-eugene-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Number Stories of Long Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Number Stories of Long Ago<\/strong><\/h3>\n

by David Eugene Smith<\/p>\n

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Description:  <\/span>Join the Story-Teller as night after night he entertains a crowd of children gathered round the fire with stories of what might really have happened when the world was young. He shares stories of how boys and girls used to write numbers in long ago times, with Ching writing on palm leaves, Lugal on bricks, and Hippias on parchment. And how through the ages they devised various ways of adding, multiplying, and div\u00adiding. At the close of each evening he leaves the children with questions to ponder or situations to puzzle over. The book concludes with a series of number puzzles and curious problems for further reflection by all ages.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ages:  <\/strong>13-18<\/em>Length: <\/strong><\/span> <\/span>140 pages<\/span><\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Paperback<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/strong> Black and white<\/span><\/em>Year published:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2022<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>ISBN:<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span><\/span>978-1-63334-168-5 <\/em>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Mathmatics<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/em>1. How Ching and An-Am and Menes CountedII. How Ahmes and Lugal and Chang Wrote Their NumbersIII. How Hippias and Daniel and Titus Wrote Their NumbersIV. How Gupta and Mohammed and Gerbert Wrote Their NumbersV. How Robert and Wu and Caius Added NumbersVI. How Cuthbert and Leonardo and Johann Multiplied NumbersVII. How Filippo and Adriaen and Michael Divided Numbers<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

VIII. Ahmes and Heron and Jakob Despair of Ever Learning Fractions<\/em><\/p>\n

IX. Number Puzzles Before the Log FireX. Curious Problems Before the Log Fire<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Note to TeachersMore about Puzzles and ProblemsPronouncing Vocabulary<\/em><\/p>\n

An Inside View…<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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