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BREAKING: The USA is switching to METRIC! (piped.video)

submitted 1 year ago by Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz to c/standardization@sh.itjust.works

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[–] LemoineFairclough@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

To represent a number using Babylonian Cuneiform Numbers, you choose a symbol to represent 10 ((2*2*2)+2) and a symbol to represent 1, and you create them combined in groups that are summed together to represent numbers up to 59 (10+10+10+10+10+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1). When one group is to the left of another, the group to the left represents a number that is 60 times greater than it would if the group to its right hadn't been created. A symbol representing a group that sums to 0 was sometimes used.

The Numberphile channel created videos on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR3zzQP3bII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9m2jck1f90

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Interesting, thanks, I'll watch the video.