How Does Babylon Base 60: Ancient math was better than ours Work?

Babylonians used Base 60, which is like having 60 different kinds of blocks instead of just 10.

Imagine you're playing with building blocks, most people use base 10, like counting on fingers. But the Babylonians had a special way: they counted in groups of 60. It’s like if you had 60 blocks to stack up, and every time you got to 60, you started over.

Think about telling time, we still use parts of base 60 today! An hour has 60 minutes, a minute has 60 seconds. That’s Babylonian math working in our modern world.

Also, 60 is a really good number for dividing, it can be split evenly by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, which made calculations easier back then.

If base 10 is like counting on your fingers, base 60 is like having a whole box of blocks, more options, more flexibility. That’s why even today we still use parts of their system when we tell time or measure angles!

So the next time you look at a clock, remember, the Babylonians had super smart math!