CBSE Class 8 Maths, Chapter 3: A Story of Numbers
NCERT Ganita Prakash Part 1, pages 48–81. 19 topics, about 6 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages
- Introductionpage 48
- 3.1Reema’s Curiositypages 48–51
- The Mechanism of Countingpages 51–54
- 3.2Some Early Number Systemspage 54
- I. Use of Body Partspages 54–55
- II. Tally Marks on Bones and Other Surfacespage 55
- III. Number Names Obtained by Counting in Twospages 56–58
- IV. The Roman Numeralspages 58–61
- 3.3The Idea of a Basepage 61
- I. The Egyptian Number Systempages 61–62
- II. Variations on the Egyptian System and the Notion of Basepages 62–69
- III. Shortcomings of the Egyptian Systempages 69–70
- 3.4. Place Value Representationpage 70
- I. The Mesopotamian Number Systempages 70–74
- II. The Mayan Number Systempages 74–76
- III. The Chinese Number Systempages 76–77
- CHINESE NUMBER SYSTEMpages 77–78
- IV. The Hindu Number Systempages 78–80
- SUMMARYpage 81
Teach this chapter at home
- A day-by-day plan with the exact textbook pages for each day.
- A step-by-step script for each day, so you know what to say and ask, written from the NCERT chapter.
- A quiz at the end and a written task you can check with a photo of the notebook.
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