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MATHS :Egypt
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2. Methods The traditional view on the old Kingdom tells us that Egyptians arithmetic devoted to the practical with any problems such as: how a number of pens can be divided into equal parts.
3. Descriptions Around 2.700 B.C the Egyptians introduced the 1º fully developed system of base 10. But it wasn't a positional system, It allowed the use of large numbers.
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5. Addition and subtracion For the signs more and menus, were used the hieroglyphist. The subtracion is written in the leather scroll, a document including four methods of addition.
6. Division The division was effected by the processing of the propagation. They marked the numbers of the column whose sum is the dividend, and adding the numbers of the column A which were a quotient.
7. Multiplication The Egyptian multiplication was done by duplication of progation. It is based on the property distributive of the propagation.The methods used only require know addition.