To convert a decimal number to binary by repeated division, first subtract the largest possible power of two, and keep subtracting the next largest possible power form the remainder, marking 1 in each ...

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Humans, for the most part, count in chunks of 10 — that’s the foundation of the decimal system. Despite its near-universal adoption, however, it’s a completely arbitrary numbering system that emerged ...

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The Babylonians used separate combinations of two symbols to represent every single number from 1 to 59. That sounds pretty confusing, doesn’t it? Our decimal system seems simple by comparison, with ...