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<blockquote data-quote="PaulR" data-source="post: 145678" data-attributes="member: 176256"><p>Talking of base 10 counting reminds me that there are remnants other bases istill aound.</p><p></p><p>Base 12 is still commemorated when we talk about dozens and base 20 similarly when we talk about scores. In French there is even more base 20 in their numbering system as after 60 the numbering continues to 69 and then 60 + 10, 60 + 11 etc all the way to 60 + 19. Or 79 as we would call it.</p><p></p><p>80 is known as <em>quatre-vingt</em>, literally four twenties, and then the counting continues up to 99 as <em>quatre-vingt dix huit</em>, which equates to four twenties plus nineteen.</p><p></p><p>Anyone else know of any more ancient counting systems?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PaulR, post: 145678, member: 176256"] Talking of base 10 counting reminds me that there are remnants other bases istill aound. Base 12 is still commemorated when we talk about dozens and base 20 similarly when we talk about scores. In French there is even more base 20 in their numbering system as after 60 the numbering continues to 69 and then 60 + 10, 60 + 11 etc all the way to 60 + 19. Or 79 as we would call it. 80 is known as [i]quatre-vingt[/i], literally four twenties, and then the counting continues up to 99 as [i]quatre-vingt dix huit[/i], which equates to four twenties plus nineteen. Anyone else know of any more ancient counting systems? [/QUOTE]
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