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It is a system of measurements where each "unit" is 60 times the "unit" to its right.
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Define measurement and characteristics of measurement?
Define these Levels of Measurement.NominalOrdinalInterval/Ratio
How do you define measurement?
Measurement is the measure of something or someone.
What system of measurement was introduced in 1790 to standardize the measurement system?
metric system
What is the system of Measurement adopted in the Philippines?
what is the system of measurement adoptd by the philippines
What created the number system based on 6?
The Sumerian system was based on a root of six. It is believed that the Sumerian civilization is the most ancient and their system of counting the very first. The Sumerian system can still be seen in our use of the foot (12 inches = 2 x 6) and yard (36 inches = 6 x 6) and in our sexagesimal measurement of time (60 seconds, 60 minuets, 24 hours = 4 x 6).
Time and angle measurement are based on this numeric system?
The sexagesimal system (base 60).
What is sysytem?
European measurement system
Define the development of measurement from the primitive to the present system of units?
its so hard to define....
What is sexagesimal system?
It is a system of counting in 60s. Very common in Babylonian times, it survives in our current measurement of time and of angles. An hour or degree are divided into 60 minutes and each of these is divided into 60 seconds.
How convenient was Babylonian number system?
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.
What mathematics used in hanging garden?
The Babylonians used a sexagesimal system. We use a decimal system. That means ours has 10 digits from 0 to 9 and the Babylonians had 60 digits in their sexagesimal system.
What number did the Mesopotamian base their number system on?
60 (sexagesimal)
Define measurement and characteristics of measurement?
Define these Levels of Measurement.NominalOrdinalInterval/Ratio
Which number is special to the babylonians?
The number system they used back them is the sexagesimal system. Our system has 10 digits from 0 to 9. So they used a system with 60 digits. That's why it is called a sexagesimal system. So make that a 60 for the Babylonian number.
What is the system of measurement based on referents in nature and is not with respect to human body parts?
The system of measurement based on referents in nature and not human body parts is the metric system. This system uses universal constants such as the speed of light or the mass of an atom to define units of measurement like the meter or the kilogram.
How do you define measurement?
Measurement is the measure of something or someone.
When was the 60 system invented?
The base-sixty (sexagesimal) system was first used by the Sumerians sometime around 2000 BCE.
