The decimal system b ased on 10 digits, binary, based on 2 digits, hexadecimal = 16.
But there is really no limit. Math can study base 3,4, 5, 6, 7 any base that you want to make up is possible. The biggest problem would be individual symbols for larger bases.
I studied base 7 in the 6th grade. It was interesting to me, but any real applications?
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There are many number systems. The real numbers, the rational numbers, the complex numbers and some more esoteric ones such as p-adic numbers are all number systems.
Their are two types of number systems. 1. Non positional number systems 2. Positional number systems.
Number systems have been around since before recorded history - since people began to count how many arrows, or children, they had.
why are the number of plant systems smaller than animal systems.
The Chinese number systems derived from the number systems that were in use in the Shang Dynasty.