Math

Easy trick no one taught you

The ancient Egyptians used a division method we call “partial quotients.” It’s a quick an intuitive way to do division.

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The problem 30 divided by 2 1/2 is documented in the Rind Mathematical Papyrus, Problem 76. The document is from ~1650 BC, which is more than 3,600 years ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhind_Mathematical_Papyrus

“The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam: A Sourcebook”

Partial quotients method (pdf): http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/teaching-topics/computation/documents/div-partial-quotients-ex-1.pdf

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