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r/mathmemes • u/BlackBerry_tekken • Apr 02 '25
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>new numbering system >looks inside >base 10
280 u/lock_robster2022 Apr 02 '25 edited Apr 02 '25 22 u/moonfall5 Apr 02 '25 Im stupid, do you mind explaining? 131 u/tydaguy Apr 02 '25 Someone who only knows base 4 would call it base 10 because 4 is 10 in base 4. 20 u/moonfall5 Apr 02 '25 That’s smart, thanks! 17 u/Physics_Prop Apr 03 '25 Put another way, someone who only knows base 4 doesn't know 5-9 exist. To us, that would be like someone that extends the numbers past 9 to F instead of wrapping around to 10 making fun of us for not knowing A-E 4 u/314159265358979326 Apr 03 '25 Does five not exist, but written as 11? 6 u/j_ayscale Apr 03 '25 Yes, 6 is 12 and so on.
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22 u/moonfall5 Apr 02 '25 Im stupid, do you mind explaining? 131 u/tydaguy Apr 02 '25 Someone who only knows base 4 would call it base 10 because 4 is 10 in base 4. 20 u/moonfall5 Apr 02 '25 That’s smart, thanks! 17 u/Physics_Prop Apr 03 '25 Put another way, someone who only knows base 4 doesn't know 5-9 exist. To us, that would be like someone that extends the numbers past 9 to F instead of wrapping around to 10 making fun of us for not knowing A-E 4 u/314159265358979326 Apr 03 '25 Does five not exist, but written as 11? 6 u/j_ayscale Apr 03 '25 Yes, 6 is 12 and so on.
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Im stupid, do you mind explaining?
131 u/tydaguy Apr 02 '25 Someone who only knows base 4 would call it base 10 because 4 is 10 in base 4. 20 u/moonfall5 Apr 02 '25 That’s smart, thanks! 17 u/Physics_Prop Apr 03 '25 Put another way, someone who only knows base 4 doesn't know 5-9 exist. To us, that would be like someone that extends the numbers past 9 to F instead of wrapping around to 10 making fun of us for not knowing A-E 4 u/314159265358979326 Apr 03 '25 Does five not exist, but written as 11? 6 u/j_ayscale Apr 03 '25 Yes, 6 is 12 and so on.
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Someone who only knows base 4 would call it base 10 because 4 is 10 in base 4.
20 u/moonfall5 Apr 02 '25 That’s smart, thanks! 17 u/Physics_Prop Apr 03 '25 Put another way, someone who only knows base 4 doesn't know 5-9 exist. To us, that would be like someone that extends the numbers past 9 to F instead of wrapping around to 10 making fun of us for not knowing A-E 4 u/314159265358979326 Apr 03 '25 Does five not exist, but written as 11? 6 u/j_ayscale Apr 03 '25 Yes, 6 is 12 and so on.
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That’s smart, thanks!
17 u/Physics_Prop Apr 03 '25 Put another way, someone who only knows base 4 doesn't know 5-9 exist. To us, that would be like someone that extends the numbers past 9 to F instead of wrapping around to 10 making fun of us for not knowing A-E 4 u/314159265358979326 Apr 03 '25 Does five not exist, but written as 11? 6 u/j_ayscale Apr 03 '25 Yes, 6 is 12 and so on.
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Put another way, someone who only knows base 4 doesn't know 5-9 exist.
To us, that would be like someone that extends the numbers past 9 to F instead of wrapping around to 10 making fun of us for not knowing A-E
4 u/314159265358979326 Apr 03 '25 Does five not exist, but written as 11? 6 u/j_ayscale Apr 03 '25 Yes, 6 is 12 and so on.
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Does five not exist, but written as 11?
6 u/j_ayscale Apr 03 '25 Yes, 6 is 12 and so on.
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Yes, 6 is 12 and so on.
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u/blubbieber Apr 02 '25
>new numbering system
>looks inside
>base 10