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Numeration Systems. Using Bases. What is base 10?. Base 10 numeration system groups numbers by 10’s. Base 10 is used in classrooms to help students learn place value, addition, subtraction, decimal place, and many more other operations! Has anyone seen a system other than base 10 used?.
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Numeration Systems Using Bases
What is base 10? • Base 10 numeration system groups numbers by 10’s. • Base 10 is used in classrooms to help students learn place value, addition, subtraction, decimal place, and many more other operations! • Has anyone seen a system other than base 10 used?
16 4 4 3 Positional Notation • We know this number is 27 by counting up the units but to write this in positional notation we record the number of flats, longs and units. • So how could we record this in positional notation?
16 4 4 3 The answer is….. • Well there is 1 flat, 2 longs and 3 units and we are using a base four system. • So we record 123 four
Virtual Manipulative website • http://www.mhhe.com/math/ltbmath/bennett_nelson7e/DMK.html?initManip=numerationPieces