Do we only use a base 10 system because we have 10 fingers and 10 toes? - base of fingers hurt
If we are 8 fingers, toes, and 8 have, we would have a system with base 8? I ask because I think a system is as good as any other, and there is nothing special about the powers of the 10th
Base Of Fingers Hurt Do We Only Use A Base 10 System Because We Have 10 Fingers And 10 Toes?
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In fact, most of our mathematics is based on (sorry, no pun intended) at No. 10 because we have 5 fingers on each hand.
If you look at other cultures (past and present), not to be used only basis. Many cultures have) a basic form-5 (one source. The ancient Babylonians had a system based on 12 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a common base 60th Therefore, many things like time (60 minutes, 60 seconds) and angles to use (6 x 60 degrees in a circle, etc.) 60. He also took a multiple of 60, etc., because they can also be divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10,
Settle Inherently no real reason, not in the base-10 is an ideal location. In fact, in many cases not the best. For example, try 1 / 3 to write as a decimal number ... is a decimal number. But if I write about that in the base-12, for example, there was a way to repeat the number.
And computers, work very well with two on-off states, which leads to the octal base rate (-8) or hexadecimal (base 16).
It is a very Fascinating subject to think about why numbers are "account" and how we do it.
You're right. If we only had a 3 thumbs and fingers on each hand would be a base-8-points-have system.
However, we have a 60-base numbering for measuring angles (degrees, minutes and seconds) and time (hour, minute, second). So, who has 29 fingers and thumbs of both hands?
Then there is hexadecimal, base-16.
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