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03Unit Ancient Numerals

jOb ective Learn about Ancient Egyptian numerals.

1. Textbook Instructions UNIT

In this unit, students will learn about number 03 Ancient Numerals
systems used in ancient civilizations. Students
will be able to see the similarities and Have students think about the question. How are the ancient numerals different from Arabic numerals?
differences in ancient and modern numerals.
First, have the students learn about Ancient Here is a part of an Egyptian mural.
Egyptian numerals.
To learn about Ancient Egyptian numerals. This means, There are 22 birds. This means, There are 123 ducks.
Have the students look at the textbook to
answer the question.
The textbook shows the symbols used as
Ancient Egyptian numerals. The symbols
next to each animal shows the number of
animals there are.
How many birds are there?
There are 22 birds.
How many ducks are there?
There are 123 ducks.
When looking at both groups of symbols,

what does represent? Ten

What does l represent? What would the following symbols mean?
One
There are 206 bulls.
What does represent? 22

One hundred

Find how many of the third animal there

are.

Refer to .

2. Build Understanding

Ancient Egyptian numerals

100 200 201 202 203 204 205 206
There are 206 bulls.

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