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Ancient Babylonians did math in base 60 instead of base 10, by the way
3 years ago by
milton
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scatmandingo
· 3 years ago
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We use Base 60 every day. It’s why there are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 mins in an hour. Also 360 degrees in a circle. Not sure how many degrees that is in Celsius though.
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creativedragonbaby
· 3 years ago
I heard it was because the Egyptians really loved the number 12
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apple_maggots
· 3 years ago
So how would they write 60?
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purplepumpkin
· 3 years ago
Wait I might be tripping, that looks a lot like base 10. I see a clear pattern repetition every 10 numbers.
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creativedragonbaby
· 3 years ago
It does say base 60 not base 6
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