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60                     Famous Mathematicians







            Given below are pictures of some famous mathematicians of India. Read about the
            contributions they have made and write their names.


                                                                        He was the first
                     He gave
                                                                          in the line of
                 solution for the
                                                                              great
                 linear equation
                                                                        mathematicians
                  and also gave
                                                                               and
                four methods of                                          astronomers.
                 multiplication.




               1                                                      2




                 He was the first                                       He proved that
                 mathematician                                          any big number
                   to introduce                                          can be written
                 decimal system                                         as a sum of not
                   and write a                                          more than four
                 circle for zero.                                       prime numbers.



               3                                                      4




                The world got a
                                                                       A mathematician
              formula for solving
                                                                        and astronomer
                  the quadratic
                                                                      who was one of the
              equation and a rule
                                                                       nine jewels in the
                 for finding the
                                                                         court of King
               volume of a sphere                                       Vikramaditya.
                    from him.


               5                                                      6


            Clue Corner

             a)  Aryabhatta    b)  Varahamihira     c)  Bhaskara-I   d)  Sridhara    e)  Ramanujan  f)  Brahmagupta



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