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The quiz on Thursday, September 23 will assess Standards 1 – 4.

As always, check the class website (http://mrjoemath.wordpress.com)

for solutions to these problems. Don’t check the solutions before you
try to solve them yourself!

Standard 1. Translate numbers from non-Hindu-Arabic systems into decimal

form and back [this means convert Mayan and Egyptian to base 10 and back]
1. Convert these numbers into decimal form.

2. Convert the number 23,702 (base 10) into Mayan or Egyptian

(your choice)

Standard 2. Perform operations on numbers in alternate bases

1. Consider the addition problem, 44 + 24.

a. Do this problem as if the numbers are in base 5.

b. Then do the problem as if the numbers are in base 8.

c. Finally do the problem as if you are adding the base 20

numbers [4:4] and [2:4].
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2. Now try the problem 132 – 45 in the following bases.

a. Base 6.

b. Base 7.

c. Base 10.

Standard 3. Determine patterns in a sequence of numbers by performing

operations on successive pairs
1. Here’s a times table in base 5. Explain any and all patterns you see
here.

X 1 2 3 4 10

1 1 2 3 4 10

2 2 4 11 13 20

3 3 11 14 22 30

4 4 13 22 31 40

10 10 20 30 40 10
0

2. Use any method you like to perform the multiplication 102 x 333 in
base 5.

Standard 4. Change numbers from base 10 to a different base, and vice-versa

1. Convert 2012 (base 10) into a base 20 number. (Use of Mayan
number system is ok but not required)

2. Convert 1000 (base 5) into a base 10 number.

3. Convert [14: 0: 12] (base 15) into a base 5 number.

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4. Convert 123,456,789 (base 10) into a base 1000 number.