Understanding Egyptian Numerals

Which symbol represents the number 1,000 in Egyptian numerals?

• 🐦 (Lotus flower)

• 🌿 (Tally mark)

• 🔺 (Arch)

• ☀️ (Sun disk)

Match the Egyptian numeral symbol 𓏺 (single stroke) to its value.

• 1

• 10

• 100

• 1,000

What is the Hindu-Arabic equivalent of the following Egyptian numeral: 𓆼𓍢𓍢𓎆𓎆𓎆𓏺𓏺?

• 1,234

• 1,324

• 1,243

• 1,432

True or False: Egyptian numerals are always written from left to right.

• True

• False

The Egyptian symbol for 10 is the ________.

• coil of rope

• lotus flower

• heel bone

• single stroke

Which Egyptian symbol represents the value 100?

• 𓏺 (single stroke)

• 𓎆 (heel bone)

• 𓍢 (coil of rope)

• 𓆼 (lotus flower)

If you see three 𓎆 symbols together in an Egyptian numeral, what value do they represent?

• 3

• 30

• 300

• 1,000

Which of the following is NOT a possible direction for writing Egyptian numerals?

• Left to right

• Right to left

• Top to bottom

• Bottom to top

How would you write the number 200 in Egyptian numerals using the symbols provided?

• 𓎆𓎆

• 𓍢𓍢

• 𓆼𓏺

• 𓏺𓏺𓏺𓏺𓏺𓏺𓏺𓏺𓏺𓏺

Which symbol is used to represent the number 10 in Egyptian numerals?

• 𓏺 (single stroke)

• 𓎆 (heel bone)

• 𓍢 (coil of rope)

• 𓆼 (lotus flower)