NUMERATION SYSTEMS

IN BASES OTHER THAN 10

Pamela Leutwyler
 Remember – a numeration system

is a system

for NAMING numbers.

As you change from one system to another

the number does not change

only its name changes

COUNT THE CAMELS
Base 10
Base 10

1 3 10
Base 10

1 3 10
Base 10 Base 7

1 3 10 1 6 7
Base 10 Base 7

1 3 10 1 6 7
Base 10 Base 7

1 3 10 1 6 7

Base 5

2 3 5
Base 10 Base 7

1 3 10 1 6 7

Base 5

2 3 5
Base 10 Base 7

1 3 10 1 6 7

Base 5 Base 3

2 3 5
4 1 3
Base 10 Base 7

1 3 10 1 6 7

Base 5 Base 3

2 3 5
1 1 1 3
Base 10 Base 7

1 3 10 1 6 7

Base 5 Base 3

2 3 5
1 1 1 3
Base 10 Base 7

1 3 10 1 6 7

235 = _______10

1 3 10 = _______3

Base 5 Base 3

2 3 5
1 1 1 3
Imagine a base 4 pebble board

It does not matter what pile you look at –

The same rule always holds.

11 pebble
pebble inin 444pebbles
pebbles
pebblesin
in
in
1this
pebble
pile in
equals
this this
this
thispile
pile
pileequals
equals
this pile equals
pile equals
equals
 We think and compute in the base 10.

BASE 10 is the DEFAULT BASE

We will learn algorithms for

converting numerals:

1.) TO THE BASE 10 FROM ANOTHER BASE

2.) TO ANOTHER BASE FROM THE BASE 10

converting TO the base 10:

2 1 4 = _________10

base 4
converting TO the base 10:

2 1 4 = _________
9 10

24 + 1

base 4
converting TO the base 10:

1 1 1 2 = _________
7 10

122 + 12 + 1

base 2
 43 42 4 1

1 1 0 10
1 2 3 2 4 = ________

41 40
( 1  43 ) + ( 2  42 ) + ( 3  4 ) + ( 2  1 )

64 + 32 + 12 + 2
converting FROM the base ten

3 4 10 = __________3

33 32 3 1

11 - 1
3 34
Base 3
converting FROM the base ten

3 4 10 = __________3

33 32 3 1

3 - 2
3 11 - 1
3 34
Base 3
converting FROM the base ten

3 4 10 = __________3

33 32 3 1

3 - 2
3 11 - 1
3 34
Base 3
converting FROM the base ten

1021 3
3 4 10 = __________

33 32 3 1
1 - 0
3 3 - 2
3 11 - 1
3 34
Base 3