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by eru 1397 days ago
> [...] the representation ancient Egyptians are said to absolutely prefer.

Well, they can also represent it as 1 + 1/3.. It's just that I assumed they have an easier time dividing by two than dividing by three.

If you leave it as a fraction, instead of dividing your integers, 1/3 is fine.