CONTENTS
| PREFACE | |
| INTRODUCTION | |
| Egyptian Arithemetic | 3-30 |
| Numbers and operations; Special processes emphasized in the Rhind papyrus; Table of the division of 2 by odd numbers; Division of the numbers 1-9 by 10; Multiplication by certain fractional expressions; Divisions by a fractional number; Separation in given proportions; Other arithmetical problems; Arithmetical and geometrical progressions. | |
| Egyptian Measures | 31-34 |
| Measures of capacity; Measures of area and length. | |
| Egyptian Geometry | 35-38 |
| Determination of volumes; Determination of areas; Pyramids, seked. | |
| The Methods and Aims of the Egyptian Mathematician | 39-43 |
| His methods; His mistakes; His theoretical interest. | |
| Note on the Egyptian Calander and Egyptian Chronology | 43-46 |
| Note about Words For Grain and Other Kinds of food | 46-47 |
| FREE TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY | |
| Title, Date and Scribe | 49 |
| Chapter I, Egyptian Arithmetic | 50-85 |
| I. Table of the division of 2 by odd numbers; II. Problems 1-6: Table of the division of the numbers 1-9 by 10; III. 7-20: Multiplication by certain fractional expressions; lV. 21-23: Problems in completion; V. 24-29: ꜥAhaꜥ or quantity problems; VI. 30-34: Division by a fractional expression; V II. 35-38: Division of a hekat; VIII. 39-40: Division of loaves. Arithmetical progression. | |
| Chapter II, Egyptian Geometry | 86-99 |
| I. Problems 41-46: Volumes; II. 47: Division of 100 hekat; III. 48- 55: Areas; IV. 56-60: Pyramids, seked. | |
| Chapter III, Miscellaneous Problems | 100-119 |
| Problems 61-84; Numbers 85-87. | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| Pefartory Note, Survey of Literature, Chronological List of Documents Discussed, Index of Authors, Subject Index | 121-206 |
| GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME I | 207-210 |
