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OpenStudy (santavia):

Which of the following statements is true about the Sumerian number system?

OpenStudy (keito_):

They used 60 as the base of the number system for astronomy, for instance. The details are described in the French book by G. Ifrah, referred to in my first answer at Yahoo (on the zero-concept origin).

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