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Babylonian Numbers
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Babylonian Numbers
1 -100
From 60-119, the symbol for 1 is placed before the same symbols as 1-59. Babylonians used a Base 60 system.
History Background
- Was a advanced number system and still is considered advanced today
Topic
- The Babylonians lived in Mesopotamia
- Used 5,000 years ago
- Was supposedly the first mathematics system
- It started out to be just a bunch of tally marks
- It was also used to be written in clay and left out in the sun
Any number less than 10 had a wedge that pointed down.
Example: 4
The number 10 was symbolized by a wedge pointing to the left.
Example: 20
Addition & Subtraction
- Subtracting is the same thing as adding but you just use a different symbol
- Addition is very similar to the number system we use. The only difference is the symbol.
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