It is a system of measurements where each "unit" is 60 times the "unit" to its right.
The sexagesimal system was created by theMesopotamians, 4000 years ago. They were the first to divide the circle in 360 degrees. The French with Napoleon, in the XIX century, introduced the decimal system. They tried to apply it to angles, making the right angle measure 100º instead of the regular 90º. But mathematicians said no to that idea. If you understand a bit of trigonometry, you will know why...
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The base-sixty (sexagesimal) system was first used by the Sumerians sometime around 2000 BCE.
60 (sexagesimal)
The Babylonians used a sexagesimal system. We use a decimal system. That means ours has 10 digits from 0 to 9 and the Babylonians had 60 digits in their sexagesimal system.
Sexagesimal degrees (cardinal directions)
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.
The sexagesimal system (base 60).
The number system they used back them is the sexagesimal system. Our system has 10 digits from 0 to 9. So they used a system with 60 digits. That's why it is called a sexagesimal system. So make that a 60 for the Babylonian number.
sexagesimal to count time (minutes per hour), and angles
Base 60 mathematics, such as that you would encounter on a clock, is called sexagesimal mathematics.
It is a system of measurements where each "unit" is 60 times the "unit" to its right.
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Some of the accomplishments of the Sumerians include developing a set of laws, the sexagesimal system and creating the cuneiform