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==== Numeric system ==== | ==== Numeric system ==== | ||
Hiero_D54.png | |||
Egyptian sybmol for addition "go in" | |||
* surviving evidence shows Egyptians used base-10 numeric system | * surviving evidence shows Egyptians used base-10 numeric system | ||
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[[File:Hieroglyph-numerals base-ten wikipedia screenshot.jpg|none|thumb|294x294px]] | [[File:Hieroglyph-numerals base-ten wikipedia screenshot.jpg|none|thumb|294x294px]] | ||
* the number | * the number 276 would be represented as: | ||
[[File:Egypt Hieroglyph numbers 276.gif|none|thumb]] | |||
[[ | * Sources | ||
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_mathematics\Ancient Egyptian mathematics (wikipedia)]] | |||
==== addition and subtraction ==== | ==== addition and subtraction ==== | ||