Voici les symboles utilisés par les sumériens [2]Extraite de G. Ifrah, Histoire universelle des chiffres, R. Laffont, 1994.:

Intéressons-nous à un problème repris sur une tablette sumérienne [3]Extraite des Tablettes sumériennes de Shuruppak, Jestin, 1937, pl. XXI et CXLII. posant la question d’un partage d’un » grenier de grains » entre un nombre inconnu d’hommes, de sorte que chacun d’eux reçoive sept » sila » de grain, c’est-à-dire environ sept litres.

Un petit tableau pour la traduction ne sera pas superflu.
Tableau
| Un grenier de grain | Nombre de travailleurs |
| Sila sept | |
| Chaque homme reçoit | |
| Ces hommes sont | Reste |
Sachant qu’un grenier a une capacité, en silas, qui est de
Fig. 3
faites le partage en numération sumérienne (sans jamais recourir à notre numération) et vérifier si le nombre d’hommes correspond bien à la solution donnée.
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