Japanese Math Terms
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Japanese math terms. Yes i know the problems are really easy but there is a little twist is i m going to give you today. I m going to tell you how to read each of these equations in japanese. In the history of mathematics the development of wasan falls. Japanese words for mathematics include 数学 and 数理.
The term wasan from wa japanese and san calculation was coined in the 1870s and employed to distinguish native japanese mathematical theory from western mathematics 洋算 yōsan. The first thing that you re going to need to know are japanese numbers. Japanese mathematics 和算 wasan denotes a distinct kind of mathematics which was developed in japan during the edo period 1603 1867.
Here are the four basic mathematical operations 加減乗除 kagenjojo or かげんじょうじょう in japanese.