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Ancient Egyptians Unit Fraction

Word problem, September 23

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They might borrow a horse( or simply assume their horse was still alive) and do the math!



So the first son got 6 horses, the second one 4 horses and the last one 1 horse.
The sum would be 6+4+1=11, and they could return the horse they borrowed to its ownerđź’ˇ

Scholars of ancient Egypt (ca. 3000 BCE) were very practical in their approaches to mathematics . This led them to a curious approach to thinking about fractions. 
The Egyptians wrote all their fractions as sums of unit fractions feel  unitĂ© fractions had  a good intuitive feel to them which dose not seem to be important in our schooling today’s!
 For example, if you ask a kid how we can divide 7 cookies among 12 kids, he/ she most likely will say that everyone will take 7/12 of cookie!
the answer is true , but is it practical?

Why mathematics learning and teaching has become so dry and non- realistic concept?


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