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Directions: Complete this quiz to the best of your current ability. This
is an individual assessment. When you are finished, raise your hand.

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 two numbers into decimal form.

2. Convert the number 450,000 (base 10) into Mayan or Egyptian

(your choice)

Standard 2. Perform operations on numbers in alternate bases

1. Consider the addition problem, 132 + 424.

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. What was different about these two problems (besides "the

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base")?

2. Now try the problem 201 – 102 in the following bases.

a. Base 3.

b. Base 5.

c. Base 10.

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

operations on successive pairs
CHOOSE ONE OPTION!
OPTION 1. Create a times table for base 8. Explain, in detail and using
sentences, all of the patterns you see in the table.

X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10

10
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OPTION 2. Complete this pattern, and justify your answer.

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

1. Convert 2012 (base 10) into a base 5 number.

2. Convert 1000 (base 8) into a base 10 number.

3. Convert [14: 0: 12] (base 20) into a base 60 number.

4. Convert 999 (base 10) into a base 4 number.