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minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoThat actually works great. 60 is cleanly divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, and 30. 10 is cleanly divisible by 1, 2, and 5.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 days agoI have no problem remembering what 1 is divisible by.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoYeah Babylon was very clever but also looking at their math and writing makes it clear why they had to have a class of people to do their math and writing
That actually works great.
60 is cleanly divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, and 30.
10 is cleanly divisible by 1, 2, and 5.
I have no problem remembering what 1 is divisible by.
Yeah Babylon was very clever but also looking at their math and writing makes it clear why they had to have a class of people to do their math and writing