Babylonian Number System/Examples

Examples of Numbers represented in the Babylonian Number System

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:

$12 \times 60 + 59 + \dfrac {57} {60} + \dfrac {17} {60 \times 60} \approx 779 \cdotp 955$