Example of Ancient Egyptian multiplication

21  ✕  15 = 315

1   ✔                                             15   

2                                                   30

4   ✔                                             60

8                                                   120

16  ✔                                            240

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1 + 4 + 16 = 21                            15 + 60 + 240 = 315


Comments

  1. stephalafNovember 3, 2023 at 6:06 PM

    Hi Shawn, nice work here. I encourage you to try out a division example!

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