Hispanic Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic culture this month by completing these Aztec math problems!

Early Childhood

Aztecs used dots to indicate the numbers 1-10, with one dot representing the number one, two dots the number two, and so on.  Using dots to represent numbers 1-10, like the Aztecs, write and solve the following addition problem:4 + 6 =

Upper Elementary

In the Aztec calendar, a tonalpohualli is a day count made up of 13 cycles of 20 days.  How many total days are in a tonalpohualli?  Write a matching equation with a variable to explain your thinking.

Middle School

The Aztecs marked 52 year cycles in their calendar, signifying times of change or celestial events.  If the Earth is currently estimated to be 4.54 billion years old, how many Aztec cycles of change have occurred?  Show how you know.

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Featured Websites:

Early Childhood: Aztecs

Upper Elementary:Aztec Math Puzzles

Middle School: Math Roots: Understanding Aztec and Mayan Number Systems