Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1306arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1302arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square39linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebricklovelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 day agoThe amount of slander against highly divisible numbers is this thread is appalling. How are you gonna split the bill with 2 friends with only 2 and 5 as factors? Virgin 10 vs Chad 240
minus-squaremiridius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoThe only prime factor that 240 has which 10 doesn’t is 3, so using 240 only really helps for multiples of 3
The amount of slander against highly divisible numbers is this thread is appalling. How are you gonna split the bill with 2 friends with only 2 and 5 as factors? Virgin 10 vs Chad 240
The only prime factor that 240 has which 10 doesn’t is 3, so using 240 only really helps for multiples of 3