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Question 2 - Figure it out (Page 65) - Adding Egyptian Numerals - Chapter 3 Class 8 - A Story of Numbers (Ganita Prakash)
Last updated at November 24, 2025 by Teachoo
Class 8 (Ganita Prakash & Old NCERT)
Chapter 3 Class 8 - A Story of Numbers (Ganita Prakash)
- Introduction
- The Mechanism of Counting
- Some Early Number Systems
- Roman Numerals
- Figure it out - Page 60, 61
- Egyptian Number System
- Variations on the Egyptian System and the Notion of Base
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Adding Egyptian Numerals
- Multiplying Egyptian Numerals
- Distributive Law – For Egyptian Numerals
- Abacus that Makes Use of the Decimal System
- Shortcomings of the Egyptian System
- Figure it out - Page 69
- Mesopotamian Number System
- Mayan Number System
- Chinese Number System
- Hindu Number System
- Evolution of Ideas in Number Representation
- Figure it out - Page 80
Transcript
Question 2 - Figure it out (Page 65) Add the following numerals that are in the base-5 system that we created: Now, to add this we put them one below another and group them Here, we have Triangles = 4 Squares = 3 Hexagons = 3 Circles = 4 Since all numbers are less than 5, we cannot group them. Thus, sum is Sum =
