2.15.08

For each of the non-unit fractions that you made fractions cards for (that is fractions with something other than 1 in the numerator), find a way of expressing the fraction the EGYPTIAN way – read the description on page 23 of your Bits and Pieces book if you need to refresh your memory! The Egyptians expressed all fractions as *sums* of unit fractions. Therefore, 2/3 would be expressed as 1/2 + 1/6

Try to find a way to do each one with only two unit fractions.  If you can’t then use more than two.

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