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Egyptian Mathematics |
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The ancient Egyptians were one of the first civilizations to develop advanced mathematics. Egyptian mathematicians used a system that was based on the number ten, like ours. Unlike ours, however, it was not a place-value system. Before looking at Egyptian mathematics, look at the hieroglyphs they used to represent their numbers. |
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Internet Activity |
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Activity 1.1
Click this link to view your assignment for this activity.
http://go.hrw.com/resources/go_mt/e1/c1/EEGYPTM.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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Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt
Read the information on this site to learn how numbers were written in ancient Egypt.
http://www.eyelid.co.uk/numbers.htm |
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Mathematics Problems
This site contains Egyptian mathematics problems.
http://www.eyelid.co.uk/maths2.htm |
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You can learn more about Egyptian Mathematics and find further examples at these sites: |
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The Old Curiosity Shop
This site contains simple explanations of the basic operations and more.
http://www.forestpath.net/egypt/maths/index.htm |
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NOVA
The PBS weekly science program has an excellent page devoted to pyramids, including a discussion of the scale of the project.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid |
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