FRACTION

By lnclayton
  • 1800 BCE

    Babylonians

    Babylonians
    Fractions were first used in the Babylonian culture
  • 1800 BCE

    Latin

    Latin
    The word fraction comes from the Latin word “fractio” meaning to break
  • 1650 BCE

    Egyptians

    Egyptians
    Egyptian used unit fractions.
    https://youtu.be/VcXqjfXRWF8
  • 300 BCE

    Euclid

    Euclid's algorithm used continuous fractions to help solve mathematical equations that contained fractions in the problem.
  • 100

    Chinese

    Chinese have a system for calculating with fractions
  • 550

    Aryabhata

    Indian mathematician, Aryabhata used continued fractions to study and solve linear equations.
  • 628

    Brahmagupta

    Brahmagupta
    The bar was introudced by the Arabs

  • Decimal Fractions

    Flemish mathematician Simon Stevin popularizes decimal fractions

  • Huygens

    Huygens
    Christiaan Huygens was the first to use continued fractions in a practical application for approximating gear ratios.

  • Symbol

    Symbol
    The " / " symbol is used in fractions as in x/y. .
  • Period: to

    19th century

    "The golden age of continued fractions." https://youtu.be/R5HhNmFPLPQ