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Articles · Vol. 30 No 3 (2005): Afrique et développement: Numéro Spécial 'All knowledge is first of all local knowledge'

Traditional Igbo Numbering System: A Reconstruction

DOI: 10.4314/ad.v30i3.22228

  • Patrick Mathias C. Ogomaka
    Patrick Mathias C. Ogomaka
    Professor has been teaching Mathematics Methods, Educational Statistics, Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methods in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Imo State University, Owerri
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Vol. 30 · 2005 N°3 Afrique et développement: Numéro Spécial 'All knowledge is first of all local knowledge' AD

Résumé

Cet article présente les propriétés du système traditionnel et décimal de numérotation igbo et les principes qui régissent leur formulation. Il examine les utilisations culturelles et religieuses du système de numérotation traditionnel igbo et leurs implications sur le développement de programmes d'enseignement pas seulement en mathématiques et en ethno-mathématiques dans le supérieur, mais aussi en arithmétique pour le primaire et le secondaire.

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Traditional Igbo Numbering System: A Reconstruction: DOI: 10.4314/ad.v30i3.22228

This article presents the properties of the traditional and decimalized Igbo number systems and the principles governing their formulation. It looks at the cultural and religious uses of Igbo traditional number system and their implications for the development of curricular in not just mathematics and ethno-mathematics in tertiary level education, but also in arithmetic for primary and secondary school levels.

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  • Patrick Mathias C. Ogomaka

    Professor has been teaching Mathematics Methods, Educational Statistics, Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methods in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Imo State University, Owerri

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