The Equals Sign
About how old do you think the equals sign is?
- Around the time of the Boston Tea Party - 1770s
- Around the time Shakespeare died - 1610s
- Around the time of Copernicus showed that the Earth actually revolves around the Sun - mid 1500s
- Around the time Sankore University and Mosque are founded at Timbuktu - 1450
Make your wild guess before opening the next section!
The Short History of the Equals Sign
What the Equals Sign Doesn't Mean
First and second grade teachers - Only look at this if you are tempted to write equations for Tugboat