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Hieroglyphics: Fractions
Hieroglyphic
fractions work a little differently than modern fractions
With hieroglyphic fractions the numerator is always assumed to
be 1, only the denominator varies.
Fractions use the
same hieroglyph characters as numbers.
Placing the symbol
above or alongside number hieroglyphs shows the number is a fraction
.
1/3 is written
