alleryIn German, 26 is sechsundzwanzig. What does this word literally say?
ATwenty and six
BSix and twenty
CTwo tens six
DSix times four
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Six and twenty
1. German and Dutch place the unit before the tens in numbers over 20.
2. So 26 is literally six and twenty.
3. English once did the same, as in the rhyme about four and twenty blackbirds.
_Source: Wikipedia, Ethnomathematics, section German_
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