alleryWhich people first developed a positional number system?
ABabylonians
BRomans
CGreeks
DEgyptians
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Babylonians
1. The Babylonian system, in base 60, came first.
2. It was the first positional system to be developed.
3. Roman numerals are additive, so Romans did not do so.
_Source: Wikipedia, Positional notation, Lead section_
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