Question
The Codex Vigilanus provided some of the earliest examples of this system in the west. For 10 points each:
[10h] Fibonacci’s book Liber Abaci (“LEE-ber AH-bah-chee”) helped to popularize what system in Medieval Europe, that was invented around the 500s in India?
ANSWER: Arabic numerals [accept Hindu-Arabic numerals; accept numbers in place of "numerals"; prompt on numbers or numerals]
[10e] Treatises on the use of Arabic numerals were written by numerous Abbasid mathematicians and philosophers, most notably by Al-Khwarizmi (“KWAH-riz-mi”), who himself wrote a treatise on this field of mathematics that you can use to solve for x.
ANSWER: algebra
[10m] A group named for these tools that opposed the Algorists also helped spread the Arabic numerals to Europe. These hand-operating tools were invented a millennia before the Arabic numerals system.
ANSWER: abacus
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Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USN A | Merrol-Hyde | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| USN B | USN MS | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Vanderbilt | USN C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Fight 2 | 1/11/2025 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |