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Mayan Math

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Fifth graders investigate the Maya's as mathematicians. In this Mayan math lessons, 5th graders work with the ancient Mayan numbering system by comparing it to the American Number System. They tell the differences and similarities between the two systems after watching a PowerPoint presentation. They write five computation word problems using the Mayan system after completing the teacher lead portion of the lesson.

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5th
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