Mathematics Practice in Muslim Community

Abstract

This study was made to explore the counting system, algorithm of four fundamental operations, money counting, and their units counting of days, and the measurement system as practiced in the Muslim community. The research design of my study was qualitative with ethnographic approaches where ethnography is the in- depth study of human culture. So, my research site was ward no. 5 of Rohini rural municipality of Rupandehi district selected three agriculture farmers, two Molbi(Maulana), and one shopkeeper purposively. There were different tools used in data collection in my research, primary data was collected from observation and interview, and secondary data was collected from different journals, articles, books, and other published and unpublished documents. Based on the interpretation and analysis of the data it found that the Muslim culture holds innumerable mathematical ideas in their daily life used in number counting, counting of days, measurement system, fundamental operations, and money counting and their unit. But children had limited knowledge of formal mathematical concepts. They were writing mathematics in practice but not connected to formal mathematical cognitive processes. By taking interviews with primary-level Muslim teachers and students, they were less informed about Muslim mathematical knowledge applied in teaching-learning activities.