Wood fragment of a multiplication tableNara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
Posted on 09/10/2024 9:41:47 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Asahi Shimbun reports that scientists from Japan's Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties have identified the function of a six-inch strip of wood unearthed in 2001 at a government workers' office in the ancient capital of Fujiwara-kyo. Infrared imaging of the object revealed that the fragment is part of a 1,300-year-old multiplication table written in kanji. The entire multiplication table with all of the equations written out was likely about 13 inches long, explained team member Kuniya Kuwata. In this section, which was likely from the upper-right corner of the document, the equations were written in five rows from right to left and top to bottom in a style used by China's Qin and Han dynasties, from about the third century B.C. to the third century A.D. Multiplication tables previously discovered in Japan have only had two to three rows, Kuwata explained. The office workers would have needed to know the multiplication table, in addition to reading and writing, the researchers concluded.
(Excerpt) Read more at archaeology.org ...
Wood fragment of a multiplication tableNara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
Japan had Pee Chee’s?
Crib notes....................
Ancient Japan had stupid government workers, just like today................
East meets West.
Wait, only one right answer for each one? That’s racist.
Wow, racism in Japan? Next you'll tell me Japan is xenophobic.
If they start school early enough...
Well, they were perfectly fine with foreign visitors. Except for the cutting off the head part.
In 3rd grade we had to memorize the multiplication tables all the way to 12x12.
In the old days they ha dto learn all the way to 15x15 or more...........
So, they learned their multiplication tables in 7th century Japan. That means 7th century Japan was way ahead of our nutty New Math public schools in 21st century America. Things that make ya go “hmm”.
The rest of the abacus keyword, sorted:
One little thing. :^)
That doesn’t add up.
There was a kid in my 3rd grade class (which was a basement classroom, something parents would flip about today) who definitely didn’t known multiplication, spent many a lunch hour writing the same sentence over and over until the iterations added up to the number the teacher wanted. She was a WAC or WAVE in WWII Philippines. :^)
:^)
No one’s noticed BobbyDarin in the keywords, and I want to take a nap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x-NZ7TaoT0
We had to stand IN FRONT OF THE CLASS and say the tables out loud until we made a mistake or couldn’t remember.
Very embarrassing...................
I don’t remember doing that, probably had to, I remember doing flash cards. :^)
We didn’t have those. Rural Mississippi schools were very poor before Title IX...........................
Wow like nobody would’ve eventually figured out 2×2 = 4? And then apply that same principle to the rest of the numbers? It’s like De Soto discovering the Mississippi. Give me a break.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
