Base 10 is great for humans, but -- for reasons dealing with the on and off energy states -- computers use a base 2 number system. With base 2, or binary, every digit represents a power of 2 and ...

That’s because, for a base-12 to work, we need to add two new symbols for 11 and 12 (remember, these are representations of numbers, and are not alphabetic; the number 12 is derived from having ...

Our number system is a decimal system, or base ten system, meaning it's built powers of ten. Numbers less than ten are represented by one of ten digits, numbers from ten to a hundred (which equals ...

Ndom, another language of Papua New Guinea, has a base-6, or senary number system. It has basic words for 6, 18, and 36 (mer, tondor, nif) and other numbers are built with reference to those.

Binary, or base two, is the number system that computer systems use, as opposed to the decimal, or base ten, system used in our day-to-day lives. Binary is generally associated with high ...

Here’s what I learned earlier this week. You may be familiar with the French numbering system, which has a base-20 aspect for certain numbers (apparently of Celtic origin). The numbers between ...