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Why was the babylonian number system invented?
Those people dealt with the sexadecimal matemathical system which use a 60 digit base. with that they could keep track of time.
Did Egyptian people invented numbers?
No. Egyptians did not invent numbers. Numbers used for counting were first used tens of thousands of years ago, before written history and thus before there are known civilizations. As for base or place number systems, the Myans are believed to be the first to create such a number system. It was base 60. Then the Egyptians invented a 10 base number system.
Who invented the number system based on the number 60?
Quite probably the ancient Babylonians.
Why would a system of measurement using 60 instead of base 10 have been used in ancient systems of measurement?
Many ancient cultures had not invented fractions in their number system. The number 60 was chosen because it have many factors. We use relics of it today when reading the time. 60 seconds to a minute, 60 minutes to an hour.
What is 23 plus 35?
What is the base of your number system? The answer is: 58 in base 10 and base 16 60 in base 8
