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Taking a third or sixth without a repeating decimal. I believe the ancient Mayans used base 60 for similar reasons. Edit: I misremembered. It was the Babylonia
by User23 6y ago
Taking a third or sixth without a repeating decimal. I believe the ancient Mayans used base 60 for similar reasons.
Edit: I misremembered. It was the Babylonians that used base 60.
- bhupy 6y agoIn what contexts is taking 1/3 or 1/6 a common pattern?