Numeration - Reading Test Answers

Similarly, in the seventh century, the word toen was interchangeable with the tachund or hund of the Anglo-Saxon language.

Similarly, in the seventh century, the word toen was interchangeable with the tachund or hund of the Anglo-Saxon language.

A typical individual from the seventh century in Europe did not know anything about numbers as we use them in this modern era.

In the previous days, when a person needed to be produced as a witness in a court of law.

In the previous days, when a person needed to be produced as a witness in a court of law, they must be able to count numbers from one to nine.

In this case the most basic action to develop a sense of number is definitely not how to count but rather to understand that the concept of number is an abstract idea.

In this case the most basic action to develop a sense of number is definitely not how to count but rather to understand that the concept of number is an abstract idea.

C. minimum use of actual numbers

Paragraph 2 states, "Our earliest tribal men and women had very limited usage of actual numbers." This directly matches the idea that they had minimum use of actual numbers.

A. Numbers, words, and expressions

Paragraph 4 mentions, "When we look back to the earlier version of European languages, it is found that the words, expressions and numbers are very poor in standards." So, the correct match is A.

B. Extraordinary achievement

Paragraph 1 says, "it is one of the best and incomparable achievements of the human tribe." This emphasizes that it was an extraordinary achievement, matching B.

The passage discusses how the Tsimshian language has different forms of words for numbers based on the class of the item counted, but it does not mention the number of letters in the language or compare it to other languages.

Paragraph 4 states, "A typical individual from the seventh century in Europe did not know anything about numbers as we use them in this modern era." This implies they did know something, but not as much as we do now. So the statement is TRUE, since they knew something even if it was limited.

Paragraph 4 clearly says, "in the seventh century, the word toen was interchangeable with the tachund or hund of the Anglo-Saxon language." So, the statement is directly supported by the passage.