Free: Math with Egyptian Hieroglyphs!

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Let's Play Math

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Age Range: 8-16 (varies by website, with parental supervision). This terrific blog (by a homeschool mom) offers a series of free math challenges using hieroglyphs.

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Designed for younger students (about 8-14), you'll find several links to resources that include

� Hieroglyphic Addition & Subtraction -This downloadable and printable pdf offers a few fun math problems in hieroglyphs for kids.
� Ten Hieroglyphs Lessons - Learn more about hieroglyphs with ten free lessons including a lesson on "Numbers and Dates."

From the main page, you can click on links to these other fun math activities too -

� The Secret of the Pharaoh�s Treasure
� The Mysterious Temporal Freeze
� The Secret of Egyptian Fractions
� The Puzzling Pythagorean Pebbles

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Eyelid Productions: Ancient Egyptian Number Hieroglyphs

This commercial and ad-supported website is a treasure trove of Ancient Egyptian history that contains a small section devoted to number hieroglyphs complete with a few math problems you can solve using hieroglyphs. It's geared for ages 10-16, and offers a fun way to learn a little math and history. Be sure to explore the rest of this site that includes information on pyramids, temples, kings and queens, mummification, etc.

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General

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Math, History

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Online Interactive

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8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16

Grades:

3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11

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