Recently I read an awesome article about the Egyptian numbers and Math wrote by Raúl Ibáñez:

http://culturacientifica.com/2016/09/21/multiplicar-no-dificil-los-egipcios-los-campesinos-rusos/

(In spanish)

If you don't know spanish you can also read:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_mathematics

And I also recommend this awesome video:

https://teded.herokuapp.com/lessons/a-brief-history-of-numerical-systems-alessandra-king

Reading the article I found out that the Egyptian maths were so interesting, I made some sums and multiplications and I decided to make a phisical versión of the egyptian numbers with an special box to make the sums (multiplications are more complex, and you'll need a paper)

In my opinion is a funny kit to learn some history in a history or math classroom.

Hope you like it!

Print Settings

Printer:

Prusa i3 Hephestos

Rafts:

Supports:

No

Infill:

Notes:

To make sums without problems you must print at least 20 units of every number. I printed 25 units in different colors for each number.

Post-Printing

In the sum box I put some squares on the left to write the numbers. The only thing that you have to do is cut and glue some paper white cardboard in the squares.

I also painted in white the math symbols.

Category: Math