Sexagesimal
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sexagesimal-166-15500253
title:
Sexagesimal
text:
Sexagesimal, also known as base 60, is a numeral system with sixty as its base. It originated with the ancient Sumerians in the 3rd millennium BC, was passed down to the ancient Babylonians, and is still used—in a modified form—for measuring time, angles, and geographic coordinates. The number 60, a superior highly composite number, has twelve divisors, namely 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, and 60, of which 2, 3, and 5 are prime numbers. With so many factors, many fractions involving sexa
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Numeral system
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexagesimal
date created:
2002-10-25T08:04:35Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T23:41:09Z
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