After papyrus was invented, Egyptians used another kind of numerals, the hieratic numerals, which are more suitable for writing on papyrus and much less cumbersome than numeral hieroglyphs. However, there are more symbols to memorize:

Table of hieratic numerals

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Take a look at some examples of numbers in hieratic numerals:

Example 1.5.

Egyptians use the following figure to represent the number "2765";

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Again, notice that the order of placing hieratic numerals is not important.