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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Egyptian Computation

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this Egyptian computation worksheet, students add and subtract Egyptian numerals.  They convert Egyptian numerals into our standard number system.  This one-page worksheet contains 8 problems.
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Article
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: An Overview of Egyptian Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a detailed overview of Egyptian mathematics, focusing on the arithmetical methods which they devised to work with their numerals.
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Handout
Tour Egypt

Tour Egypt: The Ancient Egyptian Number System

For Students 9th - 10th
This Tour Egypt site presents an easy-to-read account of ancient Egypt mathematics. Content explores the history and development of mathematics, how it was used, what helpful documents we have found that give us insight into what the...
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Handout
Jim Loy

Jim Loy's Website: Egyptian Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find a general overview of the ancient Egyptian number system. The site compares the ancient symbols to those of modern day numerals. More detailed information can be found from the bottom of the page dealing with Egyptian...
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Egyptian Numerals

For Students 3rd - 8th
Practice changing Egyptian numerals into our everyday numbers we use and vice versa. Three hints are available. This game is set up with a game show format. See how high you can climb on the money chart!
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Activity
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: Numeraciones Antiguas

For Students 3rd - 5th
In Spanish. In this activity you will find a document with numbers written in the form of an old numbering (starting with Egyptian symbols) and their corresponding transcript in our current numbering. There are 11 different numbers to...
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Graphic
Curated OER

University of St Andrews: An Overview of Egyptian Math

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a detailed overview of Egyptian mathematics, focusing on the arithmetical methods which they devised to work with their numerals.