How Many different digits would you expect to find in base 6What is the largest digit in base 6 Let z represent that largest digit What is the next value after 21z if youre counting up by 1s Wha?

Answer 1

In base 6 the digits are 0,1,2,3,4, and 5.

Since 5 is the largest digit, z=5 and the problem can be restated:

What comes after 215 in base 6?

Answer: 220.

This table might help:

Base-10 Base-6

1..............1

2............. 2

3 .............3

4............. 4

5............. 5

6 ...........10

7 ...........11

8 ...........12

9 ...........13

0 ............14

11 ..........15

12.......... 20

13 ..........21

14.......... 22

15...........23

16 ...........24

17........... 25

18........... 30

etc. ..........etc.