realitista@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agoEvery base is base 10lemmy.worldimagemessage-square198fedilinkarrow-up11.21Karrow-down130
arrow-up11.18Karrow-down1imageEvery base is base 10lemmy.worldrealitista@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square198fedilink
minus-squareC126@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down13·7 months agoBase 20. 1,2,3,4,10,11,12,13,14,20
minus-squaressj2marx@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·7 months agopretty sure base 4 goes “1, 2, 3, 10”
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months agojust as theres no single numeral for 10 in base 10, theres no numeral for 4 in base 4. 1 2 3 10 11 12 13 20 21 22
minus-squarebesbin@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoYou forgot to count 0. The alien should write 4 as 10, not 4.
Base 20. 1,2,3,4,10,11,12,13,14,20
pretty sure base 4 goes “1, 2, 3, 10”
That’s base 5.
No it’s base 10
just as theres no single numeral for 10 in base 10, theres no numeral for 4 in base 4.
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You forgot to count 0. The alien should write 4 as 10, not 4.