(Babylonian Arithmetic) Babylonians of ancient Mesopotania (now Iraq) used a sexagesimal (base 60) positional number system with a decimal (base 10) system within it. The Babylonians based their number system on only two symbols! The influence of Babylonian arithmetic is still with us today. An hour consists of 60 minutes and is divided into 60 seconds, and a circle is measured in divisions of 360 degrees. Numbers are frequently called digits, from the Latin word for “finger.” The base-10 and base-20 systems most likely arose from the fact that 10 fingers and 10 toes could be used in counting. Investigate the early history of numbers and doing aritmetic calculations in different number systems.
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