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About Egyptian Numerals

The system of ancient Egyptian numerals was used in Ancient Egypt from around 3000 BC until the early first millennium AD. It was a system of numeration based on multiples of ten, often rounded off to the higher power, written in hieroglyphs. The Egyptians had no concept of a place-valued system such as the decimal system. The hieratic form of numerals stressed an exact finite series notation, ciphered one to one onto the Egyptian alphabet.

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System Characteristics

  • Additive system - values are added together
  • No zero symbol
  • No place-value notation
  • Symbols repeated for multiples
  • Could be written horizontally or vertically

Convert Number to Egyptian Numeral

Egyptian Numeral Representation

𓏪 𓏦𓏦 𓏤𓏤𓏤

Breakdown by Value

Hundred

Coil of rope

𓏪

×1

1 × 100 = 100

Ten

Heel bone or hobble

𓏦

×2

2 × 10 = 20

One

Single vertical stroke

𓏤

×3

3 × 1 = 3

Total:

123

Egyptian Numeral Symbols Reference

𓏤

One

1

Single vertical stroke

𓏦

Ten

10

Heel bone or hobble

𓏪

Hundred

100

Coil of rope

𓏬

Thousand

1,000

Lotus flower

𓏭

Ten Thousand

10,000

Pointing finger

𓏮

Hundred Thousand

100,000

Tadpole

𓏯

Million

1,000,000

Astonished figure or god with raised arms

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