Title: Math 7 Honors: Babylonian Numbers
Course: quiz duplicate error

The Babylonian Number System was a base-60 system.

Watch this video introducing the Babylonian Number System:

Q: What number is [Image: Babylonian Number] in our decimal system?
A: 27

Q: What is [Image: Second Babylonian Number]in our decimal system?
A: 52

Q: What is [Image: Third Babylonian Number]in our decimal system?
A: 72

Draw a picture of the number 154 in Babylonian

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Click here to go to a web page about Babylonian Numbers.

Read the page. Try out the applet at the top that counts in Babylonian.

Q: The highest number you can write in Babylonian numerals with only one position is 59.

What is the highest number you can write with two positions (both 1's and 60's)?
A: 3599
Feedback ("3600"): That would be the first number in the third position. It is one too many.

Q: In our decimal system, the first position (or place value) is 10^0 or 1. The second position in decimal is 10^1 or 10. The third position is 10^2 or 100, and the fourth position is 10^3 or 1000.

In Babylonian numbers, the first position is 60^0 or 1, the second position is 60^1 or 60, and the third position is 60^2 or 3600.

What is the value of the fourth position in Babylonian numbers?
A: 216000

Why is it important to have a symbol for 0?

Find a number that you think looks interesting in the Babylonian number system.

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