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Number bases

The size of the bundle that fills a place. Our everyday numbers are base ten; clocks still count minutes and seconds in the Babylonians' sixties, and computers count in base two with only 0 and 1.

Depth 1 · Foundation

You know ten is a choice, can read a clock as sixties filling up, and can count to seven in base two.

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    Foundation

    You know ten is a choice, can read a clock as sixties filling up, and can count to seven in base two.

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    Place valueA base is the size of the bundle that fills a place, so places come first.

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What's still between you and Number bases, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

  1. 1CountingDepth 1 · Foundation · Number Systems
  2. 2NumeralsDepth 1 · Foundation · Number Systems
  3. 3Natural numbersDepth 1 · Foundation · Number Systems
  4. 4ZeroDepth 1 · Foundation · Number Systems
  5. 5Place valueDepth 1 · Foundation · Number Systems
  6. 6Number basesDepth 1 · Foundation · Number Systems

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