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Number Systems Ancient to Modern - Egyptian Mathematics and Fractions - Lecture 1

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This video introduces ancient Egyptian arithmetic, with emphasis on its distinctive fraction system and how it differs from Babylonian methods.

Syllabus

Comparing Egyptian and Babylonian maths
Egyptian arithmetic
Fractions
Use of fractions makes division "trivial"
Benefits of teaching fraction arithmetic
Ahmes' table

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