Babylonian Number System/Examples
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Examples of Numbers represented in the Babylonian Number System
Example: $131$
The number $25 \, 267$ is represented in the Babylonian number system as:
That is:
- $2 \times 60 + 11 = 131$
Example: $25 \, 267$
The number $25 \, 267$ is represented in the Babylonian number system as:
That is:
- $7 \times 60 \times 60 + 7 \times 60 + 7 = 25 \, 200 + 420 + 7 = 25 \, 267$
Example: $12,59;57,17$
The number represented in the Babylonian number system as:
- $12,59;57,17$
is represented in decimal as:
- $12 \times 60 + 59 + \dfrac {57} {60} + \dfrac {17} {60 \times 60} \approx 779 \cdotp 955$