MATHEMATICS

Standard 7
Mathematician : Bhaskaracharya II
(Semester 1)
Born : 1114 A.D. Death : 1185 A.D.
Place of Birth : Bijjal Bid, Dist. : Bijapur, Karnataka
Bhaskaracharya was a great mathematician and astronomer.
Bhaskaracharyas teacher and father was Maheshwar.
His daughters name was Lilavati.
Bhaskaracharya was highly diligent and he could work hard tirelessly. He
forgot hunger, thirst and slumber for his research work. He was extremely
enthusiastic and truth-seeker. His power of observation was extra-ordinary. He
never gave way to failure and remained undisturbed. He had spiritual power
like a Yogi. He had tremendous power of explanation.
Lilavati is the textbook of Arithmetic which includes Tables, Number Systems,
Eight operations, Fraction, Zero, Trigonometry, Series, Mensurations, Chiti,
Krakuch, Chhaya, Kuttuk and Ankyash (Statistics).
He has explained zero in detail.
He has described Equations, Surds and Kuttak, Quadratic Equations in his
book of Algebra.
Indian Government has named its Geo-satellite as Bhaskar-2.
He has contributed immensely to prove Pythagoras Theorem and find the
value of p.
He has given parameters for measuring Area of Circle and Area and Volume
of Sphere.
 How many blue cubes will balance with the red sphere?

0lll - Table of three-fourth of natural numbers 1 to 100

Balance the scale puzzle :

How many blue faces are needed to balance scale 3?