More than 5,000 years ago an Egyptian ruler recorded, perhaps with a bit of exaggeration, the capture of 120,000 prisoners, 400,000 oxen, and 1,422,000 goats. This event was inscribed on a ceremonial mace which now is in a museum in Oxford, England. The ancient Egyptians developed the art of counting to a high degree, but their system of numeration was very harsh. For example, the number 1,000 was symbolized by a picture of a lotus flower, and the number 2,000 was …
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…the solution in Egyptian form. As you can see, the Egyptian numeration system might be a little crude with all the symbols and such to create a number but it is simple. Three web sites that would be helpful to you in finding out more about the Egyptian Numeration system are www.cenius.net/refer/articles/e/egyptiannumeration_ency.asap , http://members.ebi.eb.com/ebi/article/0,6101,36113,00.html , and www.galesburg.net/~atkins/egypt.html .