alleryWhich Egyptian papyrus from about 1650 BCE is the oldest known mathematics teaching book?
ARhind papyrus
BEbers papyrus
CEuclid's Elements
DPtolemy's Almagest
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Rhind papyrus
1. Instruction in mathematics is very old.
2. The oldest known mathematics book is the Rhind papyrus, c. 1650 BCE, Egypt.
3. Euclid and Ptolemy came much later.
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