Einar@lemm.ee to Damn, that's interesting!@lemmy.ml • 1 month agoA Different Way of Measuring Time: Metric Timeexternal-linkmessage-square12 fedilinkarrow-up171file-text
arrow-up171external-linkA Different Way of Measuring Time: Metric TimeEinar@lemm.ee to Damn, that's interesting!@lemmy.ml • 1 month agomessage-square12 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCoelacanth@feddit.nuhexbear15·1 month agoBoth 12 and 60 are superior highly composite numbers[1] which makes mental math easy. 60 in particular is a very nice number because it has 12 divisors and is the smallest number divisible by all the numbers 1 through 6. 1 ↩︎ linkfedilink
minus-squareOneMeaningManyNames@lemmy.mlhexbear10·1 month agoWhat is left to say. The Babylonians made a wise choice. linkfedilink
minus-squarekeepcarrot [she/her]hexbear4·1 month agoWere it only the French metric people forcibly converted everyone to base 12 or something link
Both 12 and 60 are superior highly composite numbers[1] which makes mental math easy. 60 in particular is a very nice number because it has 12 divisors and is the smallest number divisible by all the numbers 1 through 6.
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What is left to say. The Babylonians made a wise choice.
Were it only the French metric people forcibly converted everyone to base 12 or something