The Egyptian Number System

The Egyptian Number System is the only system we did not learn in class. We were however, supposed to learn it in the book. Like the Attic-Greek System, this system is quite easy to understand.

The Egyptian System also, like all the others, uses symbols instead of numbers.

Here is some of the symbols of the Egyptian Number System to help you picture what it actually looks like:

The Egyptian Number system is also a non-postional number system, a base-10 number system, and does not have a symbol for zero. To be non-positional means that when you write down the symbols, it does not matter how you put them in order. The answer will still be the same. Base-10 means that the grouping of the numbers(symbols) is done by 10's. This system also doesn not have a symbol for zero, which makes it even less difficult to understand.

Here is a link to a website to help you learn more about the Egyptian Number system.

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