The table below gives an example of an Old Babylonian single multiplication table with principal number 2.
2 times 1 | 2 |
|
|
2 times 2 | 4 |
|
|
2 times 3 | 6 |
|
|
2 times 4 | 8 |
|
|
2 times 5 | 10 |
|
|
2 times 6 | 12 |
|
|
2 times 7 | 14 |
|
|
2 times 8 | 16 |
|
|
2 times 9 | 18 |
|
|
2 times 10 | 20 |
|
|
2 times 11 | 22 |
|
|
2 times 12 | 24 |
|
|
2 times 13 | 26 |
|
|
2 times 14 | 28 |
|
|
2 times 15 | 30 |
|
|
2 times 16 | 32 |
|
|
2 times 17 | 34 |
|
|
2 times 18 | 36 |
|
|
2 times 19 | 38 |
|
|
2 times 20 | 40 |
|
|
2 times 30 | 1 |
|
|
2 times 40 | 1,20 |
|
|
2 times 50 | 1,40 |
|
|
Go up to Mesopotamian
Mathematics Home Page.
Last modified: 8 June 2001
Aileen Ang