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6*3=18 What if we just up the nickel from 5¢ to 6¢? The biggest problem our society has with counting is decimal. If we used a base with more factors, our cou
by thomastjeffery 3y ago
6*3=18
What if we just up the nickel from 5¢ to 6¢?
The biggest problem our society has with counting is decimal. If we used a base with more factors, our counting would be more flexible, and we wouldn't have to deal with as many remainders and rounding.
Just imagine what the metric system would be like if it were made out of duodecimal (base-twelve) instead of decimal! It would be great.
Unfortunately, it's far too late. Changing bases would introduce way too much overhead.
- michaelsbradley 3y agoE.g. the British pre-decimal duodecimal currency system?
- riffraff 3y agoBut the British system wasn't really "just" duodecimal either, I recall 20 shilling to a pound and 12 pence to a shilling. I don't recall, but I know about, 4 farthings to a penny. And if Terry Pratchett is to be believed, it was a much worse mess that that.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> E.g. the British pre-decimal duodecimal currency system? It very much was not a duodecimal (powers of 12) system. 1 Farthing (f) 1 half-penny = 2f 1 penny (d) [0] = 4f 1 threepence = 3d = 12f 1 sixpence = 6d = 24f 1 shilling (s) = 12d = 48f 1 crown = 5s = 60d = 240f 1 mark = 13s 4d = 160d = 640f (this was purely a unit of account, and not used after about the 18th C) 1 pound (£) = 20s = 240d = 960f 1 guinea = 1£ 1s = 21s = 260d = 1040f [0] (d) from "denarius", the Roman coin that was the antecedent of the silver penny.