Definition:Egyptian Numerals
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Definition
The Ancient Egyptian system of counting consisted of grouping a number of symbols of powers of $10$.
The Egyptian numerals are:
To express other numbers than these, symbols are repeated.
For example, $276$ in Egyptian hieroglyphics could be written as:
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $10$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $10$
- 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Tokens, Tallies and Tablets: The Ancient Egyptians
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): number systems