egyptian mathematics

Egyptian mathematics: who

• Egyptians created it
• Egyptians were one of the first people to practice the scientific arts 
• Egyptians hieroglyphs are in great abundance throughout Egypt 

when

• They first used the method around 3000 B.C 
• The oldest mathematical text from egypt is the moscow Papyrus,which 
• dates back from the egyptian middle kingdom 2000-1800 BC.  

Multiplication:
Multiplication, for example, was achieved by a process of repeated doubling of the number to be multiplied on one side and of one on the other, essentially a kind of multiplication of binary factors similar to that used by modern computer.

hieroglyphs

• They had different symbols (hieroglyphs) that represent the numbers  
• For example the finger equals 10,000 and the frog is 100,000
• Also the blue sticks represent a number like 1,2,3, or 4

Activity: The circles will double find how many time they will double
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