Ancient Babylonians used a sexagesimal (base-60) positional number system instead of base-10. That’s why we have 60 seconds in a minute and 360 degrees in a circle. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_cuneiform_numerals
Ancient Babylonians used a sexagesimal (base-60) positional number system instead of base-10. That’s why we have 60 seconds in a minute and 360 degrees in a circle. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_cuneiform_numerals
@Andrew. 365 is not divisible by 6. You are wrong. This fact is correct and so is the Wiki.
And 60 tierce in a second.
This portion is false. “That’s why we have 60 seconds in a minute and 360 degrees in a circle.” We have 60 seconds and 360 due to the Earth’s relation to the sun which gives us 365 days a year. This a division of six. This might be why Babylonian had such number system but making the connection of the last statement is false. Wiki has this one wrong.