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The mathematics of ancient Egypt was fundamentally different from our math today. Contrary to what people might think, it wasnt a primitive forerunner of modern mathematics. In fact, it cant be understood using our current computational methods. Count Like an Egyptian provides a fun, hands-on introduction to the intuitive and often-surprising art of ancient Egyptian math. David Reimer guides you step-by-step through addition, subtraction, multiplication, and more. He even shows you how fractions and decimals may have been calculated--they technically didnt exist in the land of the pharaohs. Youll be counting like an Egyptian in no time, and along the way youll learn firsthand how mathematics is an expression of the culture that uses it, and why theres more to math than rote memorization and bewildering abstraction.