Question

5. The ancient Babylonians were writing fractions in 1800 BCE. But they did

not have a concept of zero until about 1489 years later. In what year did the
Babylonians develop the concept of zero? *

Answer 1

The Babylonians employed a number system based around values of 60, and they developed a specific sign—two small wedges—to differentiate between magnitudes in the same way that modern decimal-based systems use zeros to distinguish between tenths, hundreds and thousandths.