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Practice for Quiz #1

Directions: These types of problems will appear on Friday’s quiz. Make note of the
Standards --- these are our words for describing the important concepts in our class.
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Standard #1. Translate numbers from non-Hindu-Arabic systems into decimal form
and back. [the Hindu-Arabic system uses the symbols 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0]

Write this number in decimal form. Write the number 2010 in the Mayan
number system. Explain your work.
This is the 8000s place.
We need to use the 400s place, the 20s
2*8000 = 16000 place, and the 1s place.
This is the 400s place.
400s 20s 1s
11*400 = 4400 5 0 10

This is the 20s place. This works because 5 “400s” makes

2000, and 10 “1s” makes a total of 2010.
0*20 = 0

This is the 1s place. The digits we need are [5 : 0 : 10]

17*1= 17 This is written with the highest power at

the top.
Adding up the results,
the total is 20417

Standard #2. Perform operations on numbers in alternate bases.
Perform these operations on numbers in
base 6.
4 + 15
Same as [0:4]+[1:5] = [1:9], but the 9
digit is not used in base 6. So 6 units
carry up to add 1 to the next digit.
[1:9] = [1:3+6] = [2:3].
The final number is written 23.
413 + 22
[4:1:3]+[0:2:2]=[4:3:5]. Nothing needs
to carry over. The final number is
written 435.
23 – 14
[2:3]-[1:4]. We can’t do 3-4, so we need
to borrow a one from the next digit, so
that adds 6 in. [2:3] turns into [1:9], and
we can subtract [1:9]-[1:4]=[0:5].
The final number is written as 5.
240 – 52
[2:4:0]-[0:5:2]= (can’t do the 0-2)
[2:3:6]-[0:5:2]= (can’t do the 3-5)
[1:9:6]-[0:5:2]= [1:4:4].
The final answer is written 144.
Standard #3. Determine patterns in a sequence of numbers by performing
operations on successive pairs.
What patterns are in the sequence
81, 72, 63, 54, 45, … ?
The numbers are decreasing by 9. They
are also all multiples of 9. (There are
other patterns too…)
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Perform these operations on numbers in
base 20.
[13 : 0 : 19] + [11 : 0 : 1]
Every time we get 20, we will remove
that and carry 1 into the next digit.
Add corresponding digits first, then
carry the 20s.
[24:0:20] = [24:1:0]=[1:4:1:0]
[10 : 10 ] + [ 4 : 7 : 14]
Rewrite to make it easier to add digits.
[0:10:10]+[4:7:14]= (add the digits)
[4:17:24]= (20s carry over)
[4:18:4]
[19 : 10] – [13 : 1]
We can just subtract digits.
[6:9]
[ 7 : 7 ] – [ 5 : 15 ]
Can’t do the 7-15, so need to borrow
from the next place.
[6:27]-[5:15]=
[1:12]
What patterns are in the sequence
1, 7, 49, 343, 2401, … ?
Each number is 7 times the last number.
n−1
The rule is 7 , where n represents
the number’s place in the sequence.
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Represent the number 100000 using the

What are the next three terms of this sequence terms above as base values in a
sequence? (term means number in this number system.
context)
Base 10 number: 100000
36, 27, 18
16807s 2401s 343s 49s 7s 1s
th
What would the 10 term of this 5 6 4 3 5 5
sequence be? Explain how you found it.
I need 5 of the “16807s” to make 84035.
The next term is 9. One way is to 100000-84035 is 15965.
subtract 9 once more from 18. You could
also make an algebraic rule, such as I also need 6 of the “2401s” to make
y=90 - 9*n, where n means the term’s 14406. Now the remaining amount is
place in the sequence, and y is the 15965-14406=1559.
resulting term.
Ok, now 4 of the 343s makes 1372, so
subtract 1559-1372=187.

Next, 3 of the 49s makes 147, and 187-

147=40. The we use 5 “7s” to make 35
more, and make up the remaining 5 in
the 1s column.

Check our work.

5*16807=84035
6*2401=14406
4*343=1372
3*49=147
5*7=35
5*1=5
These numbers add up to 100000. Yay!

So the number is written [5:6:4:3:5:5] in

base 7. (or just 564355)

By they way, this took me 25 minutes to

figure out because of silly mistakes.
Make sure to check your work!