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How to Count to 60 on Two Hands; babylonian, Bones, counting, fingers, hand, history, mathematics, science, Sumerian

How to Count to 60 on Two Hands

by Gary Wallace
published on Feb 9, 2009

By using one hand to count to 12 and the other to mark up to five multiples of 12 it is possible to count to 60 using two hands as the Sumerians and Babylonians did. An example of a count of 32 is shown.

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#1 by Gary Wallace, Feb 10, 2009
This image is one of three used in my article "Why are There 60 Minutes in an Hour?". The full article can be found at

http://www.scienceray.com/Mathematics/Applied-Mathematics/Why-are-There-60-Minutes-in-an-Hour.516929
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