How Did Egyptians Multiply Without Modern Multiplication?
In short: Using a worked example preserved in Egyptian mathematical sources, this film shows how scribes multiplied and divided by doubling, halving and adding.
A 1:25 short film in the series “From Fingers to Qubits”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: The Open University (OpenLearn), “Egyptian mathematics”; The Open University (OpenLearn), “Egyptian mathematics”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Mathematics - Ancient Egypt, Numbers, Geometry | Britannica”; The British Museum, “papyrus | British Museum”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Mathematics - Egyptian, Assessment, History | Britannica”.
Sources used in this film
- The Open University (OpenLearn) — Egyptian mathematics · View →
- The Open University (OpenLearn) — Egyptian mathematics · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Mathematics - Ancient Egypt, Numbers, Geometry | Britannica · View →
- The British Museum — papyrus | British Museum · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Mathematics - Egyptian, Assessment, History | Britannica · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: The Open University (OpenLearn): Egyptian mathematics
- Also: The Open University (OpenLearn): Egyptian mathematics
- Also: Mathematics - Ancient Egypt, Numbers, Geometry | Britannica
- Also: British Museum: papyrus | British Museum
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Mathematics - Egyptian, Assessment, History | Britannica
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