Egyptian fractions

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: David Benjamin 🐝
Egyptian fractions
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Number: Fractions
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Student activity

A wonderfully different way to practise fraction addition. Learn how the ancient Egyptians used only unit fractions and work out how to use unit fraction sums to write other fractions.

An extension asks students to find as many ways as they can to make 1 by adding unit fractions - there are 72 possible ways!

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