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  • ketulpatel2385 May 17, 2012 @ 8:36 am | delete
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  • Robert A. Heinlein's quotation is immensely discriminatory---both specieist and against other human beings not as capable, if at all, at using mathmatics. I highly advise not using it. Mar 25, 2012 @ 4:53 pm | delete
    Robert A. Heinlein
  • Jasper Feb 22, 2012 @ 2:32 pm | delete
    To anyone who's wondering, 0 is considered a whole number.

    Integers only include whole numbers, either positive or negative (eg. 1, 2, 8, -13, -19999 you get the idea...) and 0.
  • Caleb Jan 28, 2012 @ 9:30 pm | delete
    This was kinda helpful
  • Confused mummy~Louise. Jan 24, 2012 @ 5:50 am | delete
    Hi im 28 i never learnt this way of counting at school and my 7 year old daughter is bringing home homework for me to help her with which she needs extra help with maths anyway and i cant help her with something i dont no or understand myself.... please help me in a simple way possible, would be very greatfull to you. Ive read about base 10 on your site but still dont understand about these collums and hoe do you get an answer from it for eg 14 - 9 = using this base 10 method??
  • Taven Jan 16, 2012 @ 6:10 pm | delete
    Then, for say, would base 3 be represented as 3X1=3. then 3X30=90. then 3X300=900. ext....???
  • Nok Yin Jan 12, 2012 @ 3:45 am | delete
    I need to make a poster about base ten and I don't get it!!!!!!!
  • mrs beckstead's class Jan 11, 2012 @ 2:11 pm | delete
    Why do we use base 10
  • Alice Oct 18, 2010 @ 10:24 am | delete
    I need help understanding how to find the greatest three-digit number in base three & base five. I'm lost!!!!
  • precious May 9, 2010 @ 9:42 am | delete
    i cannot understand a single thing about maths
  • Zoya K.Smith Apr 12, 2010 @ 7:22 pm | delete
    I do not think that is true so if you don't understand bases that mean that you aren't human that is foolishness
  • pui Mar 13, 2010 @ 4:19 am | delete
    hello!
    can someone explian some examples of real life application of bases in detail?
    thanks! (:
  • Jon Jan 17, 2010 @ 1:39 pm | delete
    Why is the base 10 system supposedly the best system?
  • anonymous Jan 3, 2012 @ 2:11 pm | delete
    because people have ten fingers
  • Ciaran, EH Math student from Austin Academy of Excelence Dec 7, 2009 @ 5:36 pm | delete
    Hi, I have a packet due tomorrow on bases. This didn't really help me because I needed to know HOW to do them. Could you please comment on this ASAP? I need to know how!!!
  • Homunculus Jan 17, 2010 @ 3:15 pm | delete
    Wow, I haven't checked the site in awhile. Too late to help you I'm afraid. But then again, I never respond to last minute help. You probably had quite awhile to learn or ask before your test.

    I hope you finally learned it, though, even if it wasn't in time for the test.
  • Homunculus Jan 17, 2010 @ 3:15 pm | delete
    Wow, I haven't checked the site in awhile. Too late to help you I'm afraid. But then again, I never respond to last minute help. You probably had quite awhile to learn or ask before your test.

    I hope you finally learned it, though, even if it wasn't in time for the test.
  • jasnouna Sep 25, 2009 @ 3:36 pm | delete
    oh i love this site
  • Homunculus Sep 4, 2009 @ 10:14 am | in reply to chinyere | delete
    Hi, Chinyere,

    I'm afraid I'm not sure what the "discovery method" is. I don't teach in the public schools, so I don't get some of the lingo they use. I assume there is some "official" way to discover things in the public schools.

    Like most things "official," I have as little contact as possible with them, so I don't have any info on it. As far as ways to "discover the bases for yourself," I have way too many thoughts on that for a lens like this. It'll have to wait for a future time.

    IN the meantime, check out the four-part series I wrote about bases that begins at:http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/bases-1/

    Let me know how you do.

    All the best,

    Brian (a.k.a. Professor Homunculus at MathMojo.com )
  • chinyere Sep 4, 2009 @ 9:12 am | delete
    how can you teach number bases using discovery method
  • Homunculus Aug 17, 2009 @ 5:45 am | delete
    Chella,

    I have no Idea what "Base 10 short" is. If you find out, would you please come and post it here?
    Anybody else know what it is?
  • Mrs Beckstead's Class Jan 11, 2012 @ 2:14 pm | delete
    It's The base we americans use to count in
  • Chella Krish Aug 17, 2009 @ 2:44 am | delete
    What is a Base 10 short?
  • Homunculus Jul 10, 2009 @ 8:19 am | in reply to RAFAEL DEL ROSARIO | delete
    Rafael,

    I'm not sure what you mean. Can you give an example of how your lesson differs?
  • RAFAEL DEL ROSARIO Jul 9, 2009 @ 11:55 pm | delete
    NO MY LESSON IS DIFFERENT THAN YOURS I AM FINDING FOR BSE10 TO OTHER BASES AND BASE 10 TO OTHER BASES
  • Mahmoud Solomon Jun 13, 2009 @ 7:41 am | delete
    Mathematics is the gymnastic of the brain.
  • Zoya K.Smith Apr 12, 2010 @ 7:29 pm | delete
    yes it is because it can challenge you at times but times you may understand so it is you just have to learn to keep with it
  • Homunculus Jun 7, 2009 @ 1:42 am | in reply to Pathantel | delete
    There area an infinite amount of bases. You can use any natural number (if you don't count zero as a natural number) and there are an infinite amount of those. There isn't much use for base 1, though,
    Bases are just building blocks. They are sort of the amount you use are your basic "package" for numbers.
    We normally package our numbers in powers of 10 (ten's column, hundreds column, thousands column, etc.) But there's no reason we couldn't have the fifteens column (15^1), two hundred twenty-fives column (15^2), three thousand three hundred seventy-fives column (15^3), etc.
    You could have base 1,000,000 if you had enough things that that would make sense to do that.
    I hope that helped,
    - Professor Homunculus
  • Pathantel Jun 6, 2009 @ 9:17 pm | delete
    How many bases are there?
  • Xenia Jan 28, 2009 @ 3:53 pm | delete
    how do i convert 52 into base 12. HELP! im confused
  • Valasi Jan 8, 2009 @ 7:04 pm | delete
    because we want to understand about bases when the teacher talking about
  • PotPieGirl Jul 27, 2008 @ 7:11 pm | delete
    Brian -

    Your lenses are so wonderful - makes me almost believe I like math! haha!

    Keep up the GREAT work!

    Jennifer

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