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On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 22:24:57 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> > 30 / 4  =3D ...?
> > 30 / 12 =3D ...?
> > 30 / 20 =3D ...? =20
>=20
> Using letters a .. t to represent the 20 additional digits, in
> base-30 these become
>=20
> 10 =F7 4 =3D 7.f0
>=20
> 10 =F7 c =3D 2.f0
>=20
> 10 =F7 k =3D 0.f0
>=20
> Try something a bit less simplistic?
>=20
> 1 =F7 3 =3D 0.a
>=20
> All these fractions are exact -- no repeating digits.

Gotcha - that does strictly fit what I said, but I guess I was thinking
of even divisibility (no fractions needed for a fairly common divisor)
as an additional point of convenience. Of course, you could easily take
that to extremes, and one might reasonably argue that the Babylonians
already *did.*