The cool thing about numbers is that we can play in other bases. The binary system, base two, has only two digits: 0, 1. Computers perform their calculations in binary codes.
Here is your challenge for today: Using the examples below of Base Ten, Base Two, and Base Five, write the numbers from one to twenty in base 8. Ready, go!
BTW: The answer to the last challenge is in the comment section of that post.
| Base Ten | Base Two | Base Five | Base Eight |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 10 | 2 | |
| 3 | 11 | 3 | |
| 4 | 100 | 4 | |
| 5 | 101 | 10 | |
| 6 | 110 | 11 | |
| 7 | 111 | 12 | |
| 8 | 1000 | 13 | |
| 9 | 1001 | 14 | |
| 10 | 1010 | 20 | |
| 11 | 1011 | 21 | |
| 12 | 1100 | 22 | |
| 13 | 1101 | 23 | |
| 14 | 1110 | 24 | |
| 15 | 1111 | 30 | |
| 16 | 10000 | 31 | |
| 17 | 10001 | 32 | |
| 18 | 10010 | 33 | |
| 19 | 10011 | 34 | |
| 20 | 10100 | 40 | |
Hi Treva, I am interested in applying to the Math for America program. Would you be open to a phone conversation about your thoughts, experiences, and advice for my situation? Thanks! My email is andy.j.cho at gmail.com
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