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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
Convert the number 930 (base 10) into any number systems that does
not use Hindu-Arabic numerals. Then explain your process for doing
so.

Using the Mayan number system:

First we will convert the number into a base 20 representation. This

number turns out to be [2:6:10] (base 20), since 2*400 + 6*20 + 10 =
930.

Now we express the number using Mayan numerals, written vertically.

Standard 5. Explore alternate multiplication algorithms

Multiply the numbers 377 and 205 using any written algorithm. (You
can check with a calculator, but you must have written work showing
the details of the multiplication.) Then use an “alternate algorithm” to
multiply the numbers.

Multiplication algorithm Alternate algorithm

377 Egyptian algorithm:
x205 \1 377
----- 2 754
1885 \4 1508
75400 \8 3016
----- 16 6032
77285 32 12064
\64 24128
\128 48256
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205=128+64+8+4+1
377x205 =
48256+24128+3016+1508+377
= 77285

Standard 2. Perform operations on numbers in alternate bases

And
Standard 4. Change numbers from base 10 to a different base, and vice-versa
1. Imagine a base 11 number system that uses the numerals 0, 1,
2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, and X to represent each digit in this system.
In base 11, X is a single digit representation of the number 10
(base 10).

a. Write out the first 25 numbers in this number system.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, X, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1X, 20,
21, 22, 23. (Answers can also start with 0 and go to 22)

b. How would you write the number 100 (base 10) in this
number system?

To make 100 (base 10), you need 9 in the 11s place and 1 in the 1s
place. The answer is 91 (base 11).

c. Perform this number system (base 11) operation: 12X +

5073

Let’s make a base 11 chart.

1331s 121s 11s 1s

1 2 X

5 0 7 3

Translate: 1 2 10

5 0 7 3

Add: 1+0 2+7 3+10

5 1 9 13

Carry 11s 9+1 13 – 11

5 1 10 2
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Convert
symbols
1 X 2
5

The final answer is … 51X2

2. Evaluate: 2301 – 2222 in base 4. Then express the result in base

10.
Guess what … it’s a base 4 chart!

64s 16s 4s 1s

2 3 0 1

2 2 2 2

Borrow from the

16s place to
allow 1s digit
subtraction

2 3 2 43 1+4 = 5

2 2 2 2

Now we can
subtract

0 0 1 3

The final answer is 13 (base 4).

This number is equivalent to 1*4 + 3*1 = 7 (base 10).

If you convert the numbers from the problem this should make sense.

2301 (base 4) = 2*64 + 3*16 + 0*4 + 1*1 = 177 (base 10)

2222 (base 4) = 2*64 + 2*16 + 2*4 + 2*1 = 170 (base 10)

And we all know that 177 – 170 = 7.

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