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What did the Maya do to get help from the gods? How was Mayan mathematics different from math today?
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What did the Maya do to get help from the gods?

How was Mayan mathematics different from math today?

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The Mayans prayed,sacrificed,and fasted

The Mayan and other Mesoamerican cultures used a vigesimal number system based on base 20, (and, to some extent, base 5), probably originally developed from counting on fingers and toes.
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