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Egyptian Multiplication |
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The following activity describes the method used by ancient Egyptians to multiply two numbers. |
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Internet Activity |
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Activity 2.4
Click this link to view your assignment for this activity.
http://go.hrw.com/resources/go_mt/e1/c2/EEGYPT.PDF |
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Adobe Acrobat Reader
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and print the activity. To download the reader, click "Adobe Acrobat Reader" above.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html |
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Exploration |
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Babylonian and Egyptian Mathematics
Ancient Babylonians and Egyptians used number systems very different from the one we use today. Click on Egyptian papyri to see how multiplication was done in ancient Egypt.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/Egyptians.html |
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