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CHAPTER I—EGYPTIAN ARITHMETIC
[2÷19

2 divided by 19
112 of 19 is 112112, 176 of 19 is 14,1114 of 19 is 16

  1 19
  23 1223   1 19
  13 613   2 38
  16 316   4 76 14
\ 112 112112 Remainder 16
Remainder 1416
    1 19
  \ 2 38
  \ 4 76
  Total 6 114 16

2 divided by 21
114 of 21 is 112, 142 of 21 is 12.

  1 21
\ 14 112
\ 2 42 12

2 divided by 23
112 of 23 is 12314, 1276 of 23 is 112.

  1 23
  23 1513   1 23
  13 23 \ 10 230
  16 31213 \ 2 46
\ 112 1121416 Total 12 276 112
Remainder 112

2 divided by 25
115 of 25 is 123, 175 of 25 is 13.

  1 25
\ 115 123
\ 3 75 12

2 divided by 27
118 of 27 is 112 of 27 is 12.

  1 27
\ 23 18 112
\ 2 54 12