ERATOSTHENES

Where he •Lived in the city of Cyrine (Greece)

was born? •Fron 276 to 195 B.C

•He was a Geographer and

Who was? Mathematician.
•He worked on ways to measure Earth.

•He observed and studied how Earth tilts

on an axis.
•He calculated the distance from Earth to
the sun.
Discoveries •One of his discoveries was the need for a
and leap year to balance out the calendar year
every fourth year.
Invenctions • He created the first map of the world.
•He created a table that served to cross out
multiples of numbers, which was called the
Sieve of Eratosthenes.

Name: Priscilla Ceferino