Saturday, February 11, 2006

The One Anna. 16 of these made up Re. 1. Tis was in the days before the decimal system came into being. Posted by Picasa
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  1. APAM NAPATWed Feb 15, 11:21:00 AM 2006

    Ever heard of Hexa decimal? Probably that was it.

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  2. AnonymousWed Feb 15, 11:34:00 PM 2006

    No, Rajesh, not familiar, but referred it in Wikipedia now. (Onnum Puriyalae. Naan 10th Oda maths escape.) Re 1 = 16 annas so hexadecimal ok. But annas are not further subdivided into 16th parts.

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