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Picture numbers

Claire Owen

200524 pagesabout 20–35 minutes
2005
first published
  • 2005ETA/Cuisenaire · 24 pages · ENGISBN 9780740643057

Why did the people of ancient Egypt need mathematics? Find out about Egyptian "picture numbers" and how they were used thousands of years ago. Can you find the picture numbers on the cover of the book?

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Written forMiddle grade
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