Children are most familiar with ten as the base of the decimal number system we commonly use in our mathematics.
Scientists, mathematicians, anthropologists, sociologists, historians and philosophers all tend to agree we use base ten as our number system because humans have ten fingers or digits. Really? They are in denial. You want answers? Do you really want me to answer the question why we use base ten? You think you’re entitled to the truth? You can’t handle the truth!
The truth of why we use base ten is stinky feet. Humans have twenty digits, on two hands and two feet. Why not use the digits on our toes for advanced counting? You would double the size of your number system with a base twenty system.
However, people of the ancient past stepped in a lot of doo-doo and other nasty stuff. Even the most primitive people wore shoes of some type so not only did their feet smell but it was a hassle taking on and off your shoes every time you had a number ( >= ) greater than or equal to eleven to manipulate in a calculation. This is one reason why humans invented the abacus, so they didn’t have to use their toes for counting. The abacus was the first computer made of wood.
It was the most decent act of human kindness to our noses use ten the base of our number system. The divisibility rules for then are simple. If a number ends in zero, it is divisible by ten.
Classic Movie Line #15” posted by DiNap44. “funny commercial ! (stinky feet)” posted by seknight86.
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