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minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-220 days agoThe “eleven dozen and seven” is functionally no different from “One hundred and thirty-nine.” We’d just have 2 more characters than we do now. We even have a name for a third digit in base-12. 12 dozen is a “gross”. The Babylonians used base 60, which is neat because it cleanly divides by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, and 30, whereas base 10 has just 2 and 5.
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoYeah but who’s got the taller tower?? Checkmate Babylonians
The “eleven dozen and seven” is functionally no different from “One hundred and thirty-nine.” We’d just have 2 more characters than we do now.
We even have a name for a third digit in base-12. 12 dozen is a “gross”.
The Babylonians used base 60, which is neat because it cleanly divides by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, and 30, whereas base 10 has just 2 and 5.
Yeah but who’s got the taller tower?? Checkmate Babylonians