User blog:Numberblocks459/NFG Again Episode 6A

Quwyatt: Hello, Saucer, Star and Jay!

Saucer, Star and Jay: Hi!

Quwyatt: Our concept today is Number Bases.

Star: Isn't there only one?

Quwyatt: No. You are thinking about our normal base.

Quwyatt: We usually use base 10.

Quwyatt: One, then ten ones make ten, then ten tens make one hundred.

Quwyatt: But what if a different number was considered the base, besides 10?

Quwyatt: Let's pretend I'm the base.

Quwyatt: Now I am 10, instead of Book.

Quwyatt: My numberling may look like a 10, but remember. We're in base 12.

Quwyatt: So it is one, then twelve ones make twelve, the next place, and twelve twelves make one hundred an forty-four, the place after that.

Quwyatt: We have regular digits, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Quwyatt: But we're in base 12 now, so we need a digit for 10 and 11.

Quwyatt: Well that's simple. We just use letters.

Quwyatt: We use an A for 10, and a B for 11.

Quwyatt: So, Saucer, your numberling is now a B.

Quwyatt: Now 6 is half of 10, instead of the regular 5.

Lucy: Hi, Quwyatt. You look weird.

Quwyatt: That's because we're doing base 12, instead of base 10.

Lucy: Oh! Can I join in!

Quwyatt: Yes.

Quwyatt: Let's pretend you're considered the base, Lucy.

Lucy: Oh.

Quwyatt: So your numberling is now a 10.

Quwyatt: We use the digits from base 12: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A and B.

Quwyatt: But if 16 is 10, then we also need a C for 12, a D for 13, an E for 14 and an F for 15.

Quwyatt: So my numberling is now a C.

Quwyatt: So we have the ones place and the sixteens place.

Quwyatt: Sixteen sixteens is two-hundred and fifty-six, so the 256s place is next.

Quwyatt: In base-12, Jelly would be 11, AHT would be 12, Lizzy would be 13, you would be 14, Lucy, Liyteen would be 15, OchDec would be 16, Mask would be 17 and Holli would be 18.

Lucy: So in base-16, Liyteen would be 11, OchDec would be 12, Mask would be 13, Holli would be 14, Sinistra would be 15, Scalfred would be 16, Aarex would be 17 and Stik would be 18.

Quwyatt: Tomorrow we'll learn 2 more bases! Bye-bye!

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