Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Base 10

The Base 10 number system is probably the one most of us use and love. It is the basic system used for counting and writing out numbers we use on a daily basis. It has ten digits; 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. The placements are ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, and so on. We use this number when we talk about population, money, most American math, and almost anything else you can think of. It is also known as the decimal system. To get a little history/background on this number system click here.

I personally view this as the easiest of the number systems, although that is probably because it is what I grew up with. We use the base 10 number system daily in our lives, and it comes so naturally to us, we don't even really have to think about it. This system is used the most out of all of them throughout the world.

3 comments:

  1. I totally agree that this is the most simple and efficient way of writing numbers, unless I just think that because thats what I was taught.

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  2. Why can't all other number systems be as easy as our native base ten!!

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