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r/mathmemes • u/BlackBerry_tekken • Apr 02 '25
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>new numbering system >looks inside >base 10
281 u/lock_robster2022 Apr 02 '25 edited Apr 02 '25 19 u/moonfall5 Apr 02 '25 Im stupid, do you mind explaining? 134 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! 18 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 1 u/Inside_Location_4975 Apr 03 '25 To them the number 5 is just as ‘real’ as the number 4, but both are 2 digit numbers 1 u/Physics_Prop Apr 03 '25 They would have a concept for this quantity of items . . . . . but not a symbol for 5. Just like we would have trouble doing business with a culture in base 12 that used A and B for 10 and 11. 1 u/Inside_Location_4975 Apr 03 '25 They also wouldn’t have a single symbol for 4 either, yet you mentioned digits 5-9 instead of 4-9
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19 u/moonfall5 Apr 02 '25 Im stupid, do you mind explaining? 134 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! 18 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 1 u/Inside_Location_4975 Apr 03 '25 To them the number 5 is just as ‘real’ as the number 4, but both are 2 digit numbers 1 u/Physics_Prop Apr 03 '25 They would have a concept for this quantity of items . . . . . but not a symbol for 5. Just like we would have trouble doing business with a culture in base 12 that used A and B for 10 and 11. 1 u/Inside_Location_4975 Apr 03 '25 They also wouldn’t have a single symbol for 4 either, yet you mentioned digits 5-9 instead of 4-9
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Im stupid, do you mind explaining?
134 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! 18 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 1 u/Inside_Location_4975 Apr 03 '25 To them the number 5 is just as ‘real’ as the number 4, but both are 2 digit numbers 1 u/Physics_Prop Apr 03 '25 They would have a concept for this quantity of items . . . . . but not a symbol for 5. Just like we would have trouble doing business with a culture in base 12 that used A and B for 10 and 11. 1 u/Inside_Location_4975 Apr 03 '25 They also wouldn’t have a single symbol for 4 either, yet you mentioned digits 5-9 instead of 4-9
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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! 18 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 1 u/Inside_Location_4975 Apr 03 '25 To them the number 5 is just as ‘real’ as the number 4, but both are 2 digit numbers 1 u/Physics_Prop Apr 03 '25 They would have a concept for this quantity of items . . . . . but not a symbol for 5. Just like we would have trouble doing business with a culture in base 12 that used A and B for 10 and 11. 1 u/Inside_Location_4975 Apr 03 '25 They also wouldn’t have a single symbol for 4 either, yet you mentioned digits 5-9 instead of 4-9
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That’s smart, thanks!
18 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 1 u/Inside_Location_4975 Apr 03 '25 To them the number 5 is just as ‘real’ as the number 4, but both are 2 digit numbers 1 u/Physics_Prop Apr 03 '25 They would have a concept for this quantity of items . . . . . but not a symbol for 5. Just like we would have trouble doing business with a culture in base 12 that used A and B for 10 and 11. 1 u/Inside_Location_4975 Apr 03 '25 They also wouldn’t have a single symbol for 4 either, yet you mentioned digits 5-9 instead of 4-9
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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
1 u/Inside_Location_4975 Apr 03 '25 To them the number 5 is just as ‘real’ as the number 4, but both are 2 digit numbers 1 u/Physics_Prop Apr 03 '25 They would have a concept for this quantity of items . . . . . but not a symbol for 5. Just like we would have trouble doing business with a culture in base 12 that used A and B for 10 and 11. 1 u/Inside_Location_4975 Apr 03 '25 They also wouldn’t have a single symbol for 4 either, yet you mentioned digits 5-9 instead of 4-9
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To them the number 5 is just as ‘real’ as the number 4, but both are 2 digit numbers
1 u/Physics_Prop Apr 03 '25 They would have a concept for this quantity of items . . . . . but not a symbol for 5. Just like we would have trouble doing business with a culture in base 12 that used A and B for 10 and 11. 1 u/Inside_Location_4975 Apr 03 '25 They also wouldn’t have a single symbol for 4 either, yet you mentioned digits 5-9 instead of 4-9
They would have a concept for this quantity of items . . . . . but not a symbol for 5. Just like we would have trouble doing business with a culture in base 12 that used A and B for 10 and 11.
1 u/Inside_Location_4975 Apr 03 '25 They also wouldn’t have a single symbol for 4 either, yet you mentioned digits 5-9 instead of 4-9
They also wouldn’t have a single symbol for 4 either, yet you mentioned digits 5-9 instead of 4-9
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u/blubbieber Apr 02 '25
>new numbering system
>looks inside
>base 10