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Bases – What are they? (Part 4) How to write base notation

How do you symbolize different bases? Is there a way that mathematicians write “base 2″ for example, without having to write out the words?

There are several ways that bases can be symbolized. The two most common are simply to subscript the number of the base to the right and down of the number, like [...]

Bases – What are They? (Part 3) How to change base 2 numbers into base 10

This short lesson is a continuation of the posts at:

What is a Base? and How to change base 2 numbers into base 10

In those lessons, we talked about what bases are, what they’re used for, and how to change numbers from base 10 to base 2 (easy!)

It’s even easier [...]

What is the difference between a number and a numeral?

A number is a concept that we have for some value. For example, hold out four fingers. You can conceive of the number four, you know how many are there. That is the number – more or less the concept you have in your mind.

A numeral is a name or a symbol for that [...]

(Not Just) A Geometry Word Problem

A reader recently sent in this problem:

Help, how do you solve this???

The area of a rectangle is 624cm2. The base is 8 less than 5 times the height. What is the perimeter?

I can not find out how to do it on line. I have a number of similar [...]