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mathematical tablet plimpton , dated to bc. babylonian mathematics were written using a sexagesimal (base- ) numeral system . [ ] from this derives the modern-day usage of seconds in a minute, minutes in an hour, and ( × ) degrees in a circle, as well as the use of seconds and minutes of arc to denote fractions
, and . [ ] also, unlike the egyptians, greeks, and romans, the babylonians had a true place-value system, where digits written in the left column represented larger values, much as in the decimal system. [ ] the power of the babylonian notational system lay in that it could be used to represent fractions...
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