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No the ancient Egyptian did not use fraction they used the calendar and the moon that was the only math the ancient Egyptians ever used.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe hieroglyph r can stand for the word meaning "a part", introducing a fraction. This is the image of a mouth seen from the front - two curved lines joined at each end.
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∙ 14y agoIt's just like carving, except they used a sharp, wooden knife.
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∙ 14y agoyes they did . Egyptians were the ones to invent fractions .
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∙ 12y agothey never used the same fraction twice. like to 3/4 they didn write 1/4+1/4+1/4. They wrote 1/2+1/4
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What advances did the egyptians make in mathematics and science?
the egyptians used hyroglyphs for mathematical problems , but only used fractions with 1 in the numerator. i dont think they were good scintists, for they were the ones who thought that the sun rotated around th earth.
Why did Egyptians use camels?
The Egyptians didn't use camels they feared them and the camel lived in the desert & the egyptians feared the desert aswell
Do modern Egyptians use the same language as ancient Egyptians?
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What type of writing did the Egyptians use?
The ancient Egyptians writing is called: Hieroglyphics.
What do Egyptians use for money?
Modern Egyptians use the Egyptian Pound. There are plenty of websites that will give you an exchange rate. The ancient Egyptians had debins for money; they also traded by means of barter.
What did the egyptians use fractions for?
Cause they did
Did ancient egyptians use fractions?
Yes.
Who first used fractions?
the egyptians were the people who first discovered fractions.
Who introduced a fraction?
The ancient Egyptians had fractions.
Who is the founder of fraction?
From as early as 1800 BC, the Egyptians used fractions. There fractions were special because they all had numerator of 1. This is called a unit fraction. So a fraction such as 3/4 was written as 1/2 + 1/4. Fractions the way we use them now were first used in the 17th century in Europe. It is hard to really say who founded fractions since many of the early reference like the one for the Egyptians and Babylonians were fractions but not like the ones we use now.
Why did Egyptians use odd fractions?
Because they belived that the one was easy enought to create fractions and help them in there every day work. The would add two fractions together to get there answer and that would be how they completed there every day jobs.
Did King Henry invented fractions?
Who created fractions first**,Egyptians** or King Henry
What do Egyptians figure out how many stones they need?
They use math becsuse they were the ones who discovered math like fractions, adding, subtracting, and dividing
Is it true that ancient Egyptians thought that all fractions could be written as unit fractions?
No. They thought that all fractions could be expressed as combinations of unit fractions. They and other ancients may have thought that any fraction could be wretten as a combination of unit fractions, but according to wikipedia they (ancient Egyptians) had special symbols for 2/3 and 3/4 and even had a papyrus used by scribes that listed the equivalents for 2/n, so they did not always write fractions as this combination of unit fractions. Does your question mean a combination of unit fractions, or as a unit fraction?
How many jobs use fractions?
There are 137 jobs that use fractions.
Why do you use fractions in your teaching and learning of fraction?
It would be very difficult to teach and learn fractions if you did not use fractions!
How would you use fractions in nursing?
you can use fractions in nursing in when you weigh someone
