Number base

Number bases Most people count in tens. For instance, the place value of the digits in number 4956 in this system Thousands     hundreds    tens      units        ↓                       ↓                   ↓             ↓        4                    9                5             6 The place values are in powers of ten. It is called the base ten system. 4956 = 4 X

Conversion from Other Bases to Base (10) Ten It is possible to use any number as a base in building a numeral system. The number of unit used in the system is always equal to the base. Decimal/Denary Base 10-Digits  Quinary Decimal/DenaryBase 10-Digits QuinaryBase 5-Digits BinaryBase 2-Digits OctalBase 8-Digits HexadecimalBase 16-Digits 0 0 0 0