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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How come a circle is 360 degrees instead of an easier to calculate 100?
gpt
Because 100 doesn't make it easier, it makes it harder.

360 has factors of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 24, 30, 36, 40, 45, 60, 72, 90, 120, 180, and 360.

100 has factors of 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, and 100

That makes 360 much easier to divide into fractions that end up being whole numbers.