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| Subject keyword(s) | Mathematics history, Number and operations, Number concepts |
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| Grade level | Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Informal Education |
| Intended audience | Learner |
| Resource type | Instructional Material, Reference Material |
| Resource format | image, image/gif, image/jpeg, text, text/html |
| Rights | All text and artwork is ? Mark Millmore 1997 - 2002 |
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Ancient Egyptian Number Hieroglyphs Home HieroglyphsPyramids & Temples Rebuilding Temples Kings & Queens Free Egypt VideosMummification Search This Site Site MapGlyph eCards Recommended Books Egyptian Games Egyptian Quiz games Egypt Stock Photos Discovering Egypt Shop Desk Top BackgroundsScreen Savers Egypt Software Links eMail Egyptian Cult Temples for the iPad New Book Imagining Egypt Egyptian reference book, for all ages. With 192 pages & hundreds of illustrations. Discovering Ancient Egypt 240 pages of text, 1700 images, computer generated reconstructions and videos. Hieroglyphic Math worksheet Creator Is a teaching aid to introduce children into the world of maths - make your own math puzzles. Ancient Egyptian Print Studio Make Greetings Cards and printed items such as Calendars, Board Games and 3D Paper Craft objects. Ancient Egyptian Math Calculator - with the Math Worksheet Creator The ancient Egyptians were possibly the first civilisation to practice the scientific arts. Indeed, the word chemistry is derived from the word Alchemy which is the ancient name for Egypt. Where the Egyptians really excelled was in medicine and applied mathematics. But although there is a large body of papyrus literature describing their achievements in medicine, there are no records of how they reached their mathematical conclusions. Of course they must have had an advanced understanding of the subject because their exploits in engineering, astronomy and administration would not have been possible without it. The Egyptians had a decimal system using seven different symbols. 1 is shown by a single stroke. 10 is shown by a drawing of a hobble for cattle. 100 is represented by a coil of rope. 1,000 is a drawing of a lotus plant. 10,000 is represented by a finger. 100,000 by a tadpole or frog 1,000,000 is the figure of a god with arms raised above his head. (Click the image, above, to download images) The conventions for reading and writing numbers is quite simple; the higher number is always written in front of the lower number and where there is more than one row of numbers the reader should start at the top. Ancient Egyptian Mathematics Problems This section is a brief test to see if you could survive in the world of Egyptian numerals and mathematics. Math for 10 - 11 year olds Math for 12 - 16 year olds Algebra for 12 - 16 year olds Mathematics Problem No. Four Try the Maths Puzzle and win a desktop background of Seti I and Hathor based on a painted bas-relief from his tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Try the Maths Puzzle Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Writing The Egyptian Math Worksheet Creator and Math CalculatorMake your own math puzzles The Egyptian Math Worksheet Creator is base on the amazingly successful Ancient Egyptian Math Problems. These Math puzzles are used by thousands of teachers around the world and now with Worksheet Creator you can make your own math puzzles.More>> Discovering Egypt Newsletter I have no objection to people using the material on this site for Educational, non-profit purposes provided I'm credited with a link back to this site. If you wish to use the materials on this site please eMail me and ask permission. Please remember All Text & artwork is © Mark Millmore 1997 - 2011.