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10 In the fifth column the multiplicand is 44(26)(40) or $44 4⁄9$. The last two lines seem to mean "60²÷44(26)(40)=81, 60²÷81=44(26)(40)."

14. The Babylonian use of sexagesimal fractions is shown also in a clay tablet described by A. Ungnad, In it the diagonal of a rectangle whose sides are 40 and 10 is computed by the approximation