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This old Babylonian numbering system is likely to be the reason why we still have unusual base systems for things like time (hours, minutes and seconds), 24 hours in the day, the old Imperial measurement system etc. The beauty of this system is that numbers which are multiples of 12 (such as 24, 60, and 144) are all also divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6, whereas 10 is only divisible by 2 and 5 - so it's easier to count halves, quarters and thirds in a base 12 system.<ref>http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Babylonian_mathematics.html</ref>
This old Babylonian numbering system is likely to be the reason why we still have unusual base systems for things like time (hours, minutes and seconds), 24 hours in the day, the old Imperial measurement system etc. The beauty of this system is that numbers which are multiples of 12 (such as 24, 60, and 144) are all also divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6, whereas 10 is only divisible by 2 and 5 - so it's easier to count halves, quarters and thirds in a base 12 system.<ref>http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Babylonian_mathematics.html</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=633 "Hammurabi’s Code: What Does It Tell Us About Old Babylonia"] lesson plan
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