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** including to use variables, such as 2/n, in unit fractions
** including to use variables, such as 2/n, in unit fractions
** see [[wikipedia:Rhind_Mathematical_Papyrus|Rhind Mathematical Papyrus - Wikipedia]]
** see [[wikipedia:Rhind_Mathematical_Papyrus|Rhind Mathematical Papyrus - Wikipedia]]
[[File:Hieroglyph-numerals base-ten wikipedia screenshot.jpg|none|thumb|294x294px]]


{| class="wikitable"
* the number 4,622 would be represented as:
|+
 
|1
[[File:Egypt Hieroglyph numbers 276.gif|none|thumb]]
|10
|100
|1000
|1,000
|10,000
|1,000,000
|-
|<hiero>V1</hiero>
|<hiero>M12</hiero>
|<hiero>D50</hiero>
|<hiero>I8</hiero>
|<hiero>C11</hiero>
|-
|}


==== addition and subtraction ====
==== addition and subtraction ====


* like many early peoples, Egyptians recorded addition and subtracting using indicators of adding to or taking away numbers
* like many early peoples, Egyptians recorded addition and subtracting using indicators of adding to or taking away numbers
*
*to add a number would be
**2 <-- 1 = 3
***= adding 1 to 2
*to subtract a number would be
**3 --> 1 = 02
***= taking away 1 from 3


===Gender equality===
===Gender equality===