60. This was used because it is divisible by many numbers - unlike 10 which is evenly divisible only by 2 and 5.
The Sumerian system used base 60 whereas we now use base 10 (the decimal system).
There are many types of number systems. The common one is base-10. Base-2 is used in computer language and so is the hexadecimal system which is a Base-16 system.
Probably the most common example is the basis of a number system, such as the commonly humanly used base 10 or the binary base 2 used in computers.
In Math, a base is the number of numbers used to describe the mathematical system. For example, a base 2 system is called binary and uses 0 and 1; a base 10 system is a decimal system, and uses the current standard of ten numbers ranged from 0 to 10.
The Maya numeral system is a vigesimal (base-twenty) positional numeral system used by the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization.
i think that babylonia was the trading system
The number system commonly used by humans is base-ten.
Babylonia
The Babylonians did not use a base twelve numeral system, they used a sexagesimal, or base sixty, system.
They exchanged their surplus for money or for goods.
of course Babylonia had a irrigation system, without water how would the plants in hanging gardens be able to survive, after all water is one of the building blocks to a Civilization.
The hexadecimal system is base 16.
The Sumerian system used base 60 whereas we now use base 10 (the decimal system).
Many historians cite two names for Babylonia. One is Babylonia, the other term sometimes used is Sumerian empire.
Base and Senior System
20 is the base the Mayan mathematics use back then
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.