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2 Shape Numbers

Basic Concepts Ancient Numerals

Long ago, before the current Arabic numeral system was introduced, people
used different symbols to represent numbers.

247 627 386 249

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Egypt Greece China Rome

Example Calculate the given expression and write the answer in ancient
Egyptian numerals.

12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 100 1000

Class Notes

The first number has two s, four s, three s, and six s,

so the number is .

The second number has one , seven s, six s, and five s,

so the number is .

If you add the numbers from and , you get , which is

in ancient Egyptian numerals.

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