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To: samtheman

10 in base 5


14 posted on 06/25/2016 8:04:51 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Nifster
10 in base 5

In college back in the 60s, I took an archeology class covering the Aztecs and Mayans. One of that bunch had a counting system based on 20s. I could not, for the life of me, master that system. Told the prof that it was no wonder their culture and society failed with a number system like that. We could fail too.

49 posted on 06/25/2016 9:55:38 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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