LESSON 01 – TERMINOLOGY & BASICS
LESSON
WORK
QUESTION #1
Some
civilizations used base-60 for a number system. The big advantage
is that it can be perfectly divided by many numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10,
12, 15, 20, 30, 60). What would be a
disadvantage of using base-60?
QUESTION #2
Why do you think base-10 is the number system
that is most used around the world?
QUESTION #3
Consider a base 4 number system
with the symbols A, B, C, D. Count to
ten with that system. Remember that A
is zero.
QUESTION #4
Complete the following table.
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Decimal
(Base-10)
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Binary
(Base-2)
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Tertiary
(Base-3)
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Quinary
(Base-5)
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Octal
(Base-8)
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Hexadecimal
(Base-16)
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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1
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1
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2
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10
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2
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3
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11
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10
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4
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5
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10
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6
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20
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7
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8
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1000
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10
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9
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14
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10
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101
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A
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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30
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16
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17
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11
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18
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19
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34
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20
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