Specially designed trucks and vans distributed decimal cash registers and cash / coinage across the country. Old Imperial money was changed into decimal currency as it was spent.
The decimal system refers to counting in tens and powers of tens and this system was used when Australia was colonised by Britain in 1788. Decimal coinage was introduced much later - in 1966.
Australia has its own currency. Based on a decimal system, named the Australian dollar
543 There is no need to change anything.
They the Sexagesimal number system. It means that it has a numeral system with sixty as its base. We used the decimal system with ten as its base. The system was convenient back then but I would not change our decimal system for the sexagesimal.
Australia's currency went decimal on 14th February, 1966. The decimal system is easier to use than others because it based on 10. The old Imperial monetary system was based on the old English system where there were 12 pennies in a shilling and 20 shillings in a pound or, 240 pennies in a pound. Australia's system of weights and measures went metric for the same reason in about 1973 or 1974.
Australia uses a decimal currency system which is based on the Australian dollar which in 2011 hovers at around the same price as the US dollar.
For historical reasons. Probably 60 was popular because it has several factors. Nowadays it seems more convenient to change to a decimal system, but it will be hard to change that; perhaps this change will never occur.For historical reasons. Probably 60 was popular because it has several factors. Nowadays it seems more convenient to change to a decimal system, but it will be hard to change that; perhaps this change will never occur.For historical reasons. Probably 60 was popular because it has several factors. Nowadays it seems more convenient to change to a decimal system, but it will be hard to change that; perhaps this change will never occur.For historical reasons. Probably 60 was popular because it has several factors. Nowadays it seems more convenient to change to a decimal system, but it will be hard to change that; perhaps this change will never occur.
decimal system
You can change a decimal into a fraction or a percentage
you can change a fraction to a decimal by dividing the bottom number into the top number.
The decimal system is the same anywhere. Dec means 10 so the decimal system is a system used on the base 10 system.
Since the 14th of February, 1966, Australia has used a decimal system of currency. 100 cents = 1 Dollar