How was Egyptain Math Created and Used?

Question

This is for my S.S. Hw

Answer 1

You might find this link on Egyptian fractions helpful.

http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fractions/egyptian.html#intro

It talks about the nature of Egyptian fractions and possible uses for them then and now. There are also two Egyptian fraction calculators that will convert your fraction into Egyptian fractions.

The first one uses the so called "Greedy Algorithm". The second one finds the shortest sequence of Egyptian fractions that equal the given fraction.