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| | |  Egyptian numerals - Digits and numbers: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian numerals - Written numbersBesides this numeral system, the ancient Egyptian language could also write out numbers as words, phonetically, just like one can write "thirty" instead of 30 in English. "Thirty", for instance, was written as
while the number 30 was
This was, however, uncommon for most numbers other than one and two.
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| | | | Egyptian numerals - Digits and numbers: Encyclopedia II - Egyptian numerals - Fractions Main article: Egyptian fraction
Rational numbers could also be expressed, but only as sums of unit fractions, i.e. sums of reciprocals of positive integers, except for 2/3 and 3/4. The hieroglyph indicating a fraction looked like a mouth, which meant "part":
Fractions were written with this fractional solidus, i.e. the numerator 1, and the positive denominator below. Thus, 1/3 was written as:
There were special symbols for 1/2 and for two non-unit fractions, 2/3 (used frequently) and 3/4 (used less frequently):
If the denominator became too large, the "mouth" was just ...
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