Right, it’s only a problem because we chose base ten (a rather inconvenient number). If we did math in base 12, 1/3 in base 12 would simply be 0.4. It doesn’t repeat. Simply, then, 1/3 = 0.4, then (0.4 × 3) = (0.4 + 0.4 + 0.4) = 1 in base 12. No issues, no limits, just clean simple addition. No more simple than how 0.5 + 0.5 = 1 in base 10.
One problem in base 12 is that 1/5 does repeat, being about 0.2497… repeating. But eh, who needs 5? So what, we have 5 fingers, big whoop, it’s not that great of a number. 6 on the other hand, what an amazing number. I wish we had 6 fingers, that’d be great, and we would have evolved to use base 12, a much better base!
Right, it’s only a problem because we chose base ten (a rather inconvenient number). If we did math in base 12, 1/3 in base 12 would simply be 0.4. It doesn’t repeat. Simply, then, 1/3 = 0.4, then (0.4 × 3) = (0.4 + 0.4 + 0.4) = 1 in base 12. No issues, no limits, just clean simple addition. No more simple than how 0.5 + 0.5 = 1 in base 10.
One problem in base 12 is that 1/5 does repeat, being about 0.2497… repeating. But eh, who needs 5? So what, we have 5 fingers, big whoop, it’s not that great of a number. 6 on the other hand, what an amazing number. I wish we had 6 fingers, that’d be great, and we would have evolved to use base 12, a much better base!