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History of fractions

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Egyptian fractions

Around 1800 BCE, the Egyptians started using hieroglyphs to express their number and fractions. Because the hieroglyphs were unique, the order in which they were arranged did not matter. 
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Egyptian Rhind papyrus 2/n table

This table represents how to express fractions of the form 2/n where n is an element of the odds from 5 to 101. Numbers in the column to the right of the 2/n numbers represent the denominators of the unit fractions that make up the 2/n number. A few examples are below:
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/ma105/2byn.html
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ancient greece

Around 700 BCE to 400 BCE (when Alexander the Great ruled the lands) the Ancient Greeks (who really thought of themselves as the normal Greeks at the time) started using their number system that was very specific. Their number system allowed for fractions that were more developed than unit fractions. 
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