Reflection on Assignment 1

For this assignment, our group chose to work on discovering rules in multiplying and dividing by 6 in the sexagesimal system. We have talked about the sexagesimal system quite a lot in class, and our classmates also have some decent knowledge on how to work with numbers in the sexagesimal system with the multiplication tables. 

Clearly, talking about the multiplication part was not challenging in this assignment. The more difficult part was understanding and explaining division in the Babylonian system. Our group explained the concept of Babylonian exmaple with an example. We believed our explanation was clear and everyone understood how it worked. The most challenging part in this assignment was the modern way approach portion. It was not as simple as we have seen with the Babylonian system. The modern way approach actually involves more calculation and requires deeper knowledge in math to fully undesrtand the rules. Overall, I think this is a meaningful assigment for math teachers and I enjoyed working with my partners,Chloe and Yiwen.