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A base 60 system is very practical: 3 * 4 * 5 = 60 so you can divide into halves, thirds, quarters, fifths, sixths, tenths, etc all very simply. And of course,
by carsongross 12y ago
A base 60 system is very practical: 3 * 4 * 5 = 60 so you can divide into halves, thirds, quarters, fifths, sixths, tenths, etc all very simply. And of course, 3 * 4 * 5 * 6 gives you 360, and even more useful even divisions.
Our ancestors were not idiots.
- btilly 12y agoEver tried memorizing the 60 times table? The duodecimal times table is actually easier to memorize than the decimal one because while it is 44% bigger, there are many easy patterns.