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| The Egyptian Old Kingdom, which flourished around 3000 BC, introduced the hieroglyphs that were symbols used for writing as well as counting. The need for writing and counting was the direct result of the grows of this civilization and its need to keep records, do commercial transactions, build large monuments, develop complex irrigation systems, calculate taxes and other needs. Even though the Egyptian numerals made multiplication and division very difficult, because of their trade needs the Egyptians developed methods to deal with fractions. For example, the first six problems of the Ahmes (Rhind) papyrus are essentially problems with fractions. Most of our knowledge about ancient Egyptian mathematics comes from the Ahmes and the Moscow papyrus. Some of the problems presented in these documents deal with geometry, solving equations, and geometric series among others. The Egyptians developed a calendar that was 365 days long. This calendar with many changes was later taken as the basis for the Julian and Gregorian calendars. |
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http://www.eyelid.co.uk/savers.htm http://www.eyelid.co.uk/numbers.htm http://www.eyelid.co.uk/calc.htm http://webinstituteforteachers.org/99/teams/egyptmath/mathproblems.htm This site also shows the Egyptian numerals and how to add and subtract numbers written with Egyptian numerals http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/Egyptians.html http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Egyptian_mathematics.html |
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