alleryWhich idea explains why English number words are built on ten?
ACounting toes only
BRoman coin values
COld finger counting
DCalendar months
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Old finger counting
1. English number words use a base of ten and its powers.
2. One may suspect this is based on an ancient tradition of finger counting.
3. Toes would suggest twenty, and coins or months do not give ten.
_Source: Wikipedia, Ethnomathematics, section English_
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