What Are Figurate Numbers?

· GM Kids Series 576 Book 450 · GOS Education Inc.
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The Pythagorean school did not differentiate between numbers and points in geometry.

For them, numbers were like enlarged points or very small spheres.

Pythagoreans typically represented numbers as points or pebbles in the sand.

They classified numbers based on the shapes formed by the arrangement of points or pebbles.

The Pythagorean school did not differentiate between numbers and points in geometry. For them, numbers were like enlarged points or very small spheres. Pythagoreans typically represented numbers as points or pebbles in the sand. They classified numbers based on the shapes formed by the arrangemen...

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