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Indonesia kaže:
The Babylonians (about 300-100 B.C.E.) did their astronomical calculations in the sexagesimal (base-60) system. This was extremely convenient for simplifying division, since 60 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10. The first fractional sexagesimal place we now call a minute, the second place, a second.
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To je razlog zašto imamo dvadeset i četiri sata po danu, šezdeset minuta po satu i isto toliko sekundi po minuti.
Babilonci nisu znali za ništa složenije od razlomaka, a i oni su im bili ružni pa su si uzeli brojku koja se s mnogočim dade podijeliti.