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Did you know? Africa, the cradle of mathematics
Long before calculators and computers, African peoples were already using mathematics to count, build and understand the world.
Did you know? Mathematics does not only come from modern books. In Africa, a very long time ago, civilizations were already using mathematical ideas.
In Ancient Egypt, builders calculated shapes to construct pyramids. They used precise measurements to make everything stable and perfect.
In other parts of Africa, ancient objects have been found, like carved bones with marks. These traces show that people already knew how to count and organize numbers.
These discoveries show something important: mathematics has a very old history in Africa, used in everyday life.
