1. Egyptian Multiplication

2. Who Were They? They were an ancient civilization that lived about 5,000 years ago in North Africa. They are famous for their monuments as well as their civilization and knowledge.

3. Egyptians and Math Ancient Egyptians were also great mathematicians.

4. Egyptians and Math

5. Egyptians used an interesting method for solving multiplications problems. Their method is called Duplation, which really just means doubling.

6. How Does it Work? Let’s say for instance they wanted to solve this problem: 7 x 13 17 214 428 856

7. How Does it Work? 7 x 13 Add rows = 13 = 91 17 214 428 856

8. How Does it Work? 12 x 23 = 23 =276 1 12 2 24 4 48 896 16192

9. How Does it Work? 8 x 23