EGYPTIAN NUMBERS

Ancient Egyptians wrote numbers using hieroglyphs — small pictures representing different numbers.

Egyptian
Value 1 10 100 1000 10 000 100 000 1 000 000 10 000 000

TASK 1 From Egyptian

1 Translate these Egyptian numerals into Hindu-Arabic (our current number system).

a b c

d e f

2 Do and represent different numbers? Explain.

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TASK 2 From Hindu-Arabic

Translate these numbers into Egyptian numerals.

1 475

2 13 000

3 52 301 064