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he wanted to find the circumference of the earth.
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When was Eratosthenes born?
276 b.c.e
How do you pronounce Sieve of Eratosthenes?
era-tos-the- knees.
Who was the greek mathematician who measured the circumference of the earth?
Eratosthenes
Did Eratosthenes write elements about plane geometry?
Yes
The first accurate measurement of the size of Earth was made by .?
Eratosthenes
What did the sieve of Eratosthenes used to find?
prime numbers
Who was eratosthenes what did he find by his calculations?
THE EARLIEST KNOWN MEASUREMENTS WERE CALCULATED IN 200 BCE THE GREEK PHILOSOPHER ERATOSTHENES ACCORDING TO HIS CALCULATIONS THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF the earthWAS 39,600 KM....
Where was Eratosthenes from?
Eratosthenes was from ancient greek
How do you find the greatest common factor of 18 and 54 using the sieve of eratosthenes?
By finding all the factors of the numbers and see which one is the biggest # they have in common. Or look at the Sieve of Eratosthenes table at google.com and there you will find the answer.or by looking at a sieve of Eratosthenes and crossing out the factors of each number and seeing which two factors are the same but the highest out of them both.
Who is the founder of prime numbers?
Eratosthenes, It says it is Eratosthenes.
Where did Eratosthenes Sieve invent prime no?
The Sieve did not invent prime numbers. It was used to find them.
When did Eratosthenes find prime numbers?
Eratosthenes lived between 276 and 194 B.C. He didn't discover prime numbers; he devised a simple way to determine what numbers are prime in a given range.
Who created the sieve of eratosthenes?
Eratosthenes, a greek philosopher, did, hence the name.
When did Eratosthenes discover the sieve?
The sieve of Eratosthenes was discovered in 223 BC.
Who were eratosthenes friends?
Eratosthenes' friend was Archimedes, he also works in Alexandria, Egypt.
Did Eratosthenes have a family?
Yes and his mother and father were part of the family.
What is the sieve of eratosthenes to find prime numbers less than 100?
To find prime numbers less than 100, the sieve of eratosthenes filters out 1 and all multiples of 2, 3, 5, and 7. All remaining numbers less than 100 are primes.
