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How Conversant Are You In Mathematical Bases

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Sometimes back in school something was introduced called bases. There was base 2 or binary. There was base 6 and base 8. The bases may have arisen out of two-legged, 6-legged and 8-legged creatures. In base 6 they introduced Fred, the mathematical fly and the intelligent spider came at base 8.

I wonder what the sums were to achieve. In binary, one could count in ones and zeros. In base six we had digits from 0 to 5 and base eight 0 to 7.

Try this quiz and find out!

  • Question of

    What is number 5 in base 2

    • 5
    • 4
    • 100
    • 101
  • Question of

    What is 8 in base 6

    • 8
    • 9
    • 11
    • 12
  • Question of

    What is the next number in the series 1, 10, 11,….

    • 100
    • 12
    • 15
    • 1000
  • Question of

    In base 8 which number is 100

    • 88
    • 10
    • 80
    • 100
  • Question of

    35 in base six will be equivalent to which ordinary number?

    • 35
    • 23
    • 46
    • 40
  • Question of

    Which is the odd one out in base 8

    • 17
    • 16666
    • 1080
    • 100000
  • Question of

    Can we get number 60 when written in base 6

    • Yes
    • No
    • Maybe
    • None of the above
  • Question of

    Can we get 77 when written in base 8

    • Yes
    • No
    • Maybe
    • None of the above

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Written by stbrians

31 Comments

    • I even do not know where they came from. We were taught in the school. Following the results here, it seems other people from other countries learnt too

  11. 7 out of 8 – although I’m not sure about your answer to ‘In base 8 which number is 100’ – I thought it was 64 – wasn’t a choice…