How does counting in this system work and what are some advantages of counting that way as opposed to base 10?
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Base 6 means that you use 6 digits (0 – 5), and that each place value represents a power of 6. So:
* “4” converted to base 10 would be: Four 6^(0) = Four 1s = 4.
* “12” converted to base 10 would be: One 6^(1) + two 6^(0) = One 6 + two 1s = 6 + 2 = 8
* “345” converted to base 10 would be: Three 6^(2) + four 6^(1) + five 6^(0) = Three 36s + four 6s + five 1s = 108 + 24 + 5 = 136.
Advantage of using base 6? I have no idea.
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