alleryThe German sechsundzwanzig is literally read in English as what?
ATwenty and six
BTwo tens and six
CSix tens and two
DSix and twenty
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Six and twenty
1. German places the unit before the tens above 20.
2. So 26 is literally six and twenty.
3. English once used this order too, as in Four and twenty blackbirds.
_Source: Wikipedia, Ethnomathematics, German_
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