COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Fingers
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Toes
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10
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Metric
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Greco-Roman author Plutarch, in his Lives, mentions finger counting as being used in Persia in the first centuries CE, so the practice may have originated in Iran. It was later used widely in medieval Islamic lands.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Earliest Number Systems For many thousands of years, people have counted things using their fingers and toes. At least 25, 000 years ago, people also began making tally marks, marks on a stick or stone tablet to record numbers. Tally marks are still used today by many people, maybe even you!
Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest counting device was the human hand and its fingers, capable of counting up to 10 things; toes were also used to count in tropical cultures.