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Contents
Intro
The Egyptian number system was an ancient number system that used bases of ten. This number system led to larger numbers for calculations.
Overview
The Egyptians created a number system to help them build tombs for their dead. The Egyptians created a series of symbols to represent numbers by ten. Read more about number systems at Binary Arithmetic.
Number System
The number system created by the Egyptians was found written on stone walls. Subtraction, multiplication, and division were incoorporated in. Egyptians used a bases of 10.
Symbols
The script was changed to hieroglyphic writing allowing them to read whole numbers.
On the Rhind Papyrus are the proportions of the pyramid.
Significance
The Egyptian number symbol for ten led to larger numbers for calculations. These calculations helped advance the technology of computers.
References
http://www.egyptvoyager.com/hieroglyph_lesson7.htm
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/numbers.htm
http://www.math.wichita.edu/history/topics/num-sys.html#egypt
External links
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2008-11-11-egypt-pyramid_N.htm
