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

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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 [...]

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 to change numbers [...]

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 concept. [...]

Bases – What are they? (Part 2)

Continued from the post about  ”What is a Base?”:

The same person wrote a follow up comment:

“you are not pretending i’m stupid!!!!! Okay is a base the number you can multiply by?????
“example: base two is 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18 ?????????i don’t know what you mean!”

Yeah, keep trying to convince me that you’re stupid. From your grammar and your [...]

Bases – What are They? (Part 1)

How our base 10 system works, and how it relates to other base systems. [...]