Decimal versus binary numeration
Friday, September 9, 2011
Let’s count from zero to twenty using four different kinds of numeration systems: hash marks,
Roman numerals, decimal, and binary:
System: Hash Marks Roman Decimal Binary
------- ---------- ----- ------- ------
Zero n/a n/a 0 0
One | I 1 1
Two || II 2 10
Three ||| III 3 11
Four |||| IV 4 100
Five /|||/ V 5 101
Six /|||/ | VI 6 110
Seven /|||/ || VII 7 111
Eight /|||/ ||| VIII 8 1000
Nine /|||/ |||| IX 9 1001
Ten /|||/ /|||/ X 10 1010
Eleven /|||/ /|||/ | XI 11 1011
Twelve /|||/ /|||/ || XII 12 1100
Thirteen /|||/ /|||/ ||| XIII 13 1101
Fourteen /|||/ /|||/ |||| XIV 14 1110
Fifteen /|||/ /|||/ /|||/ XV 15 1111
Sixteen /|||/ /|||/ /|||/ | XVI 16 10000
Seventeen /|||/ /|||/ /|||/ || XVII 17 10001
Eighteen /|||/ /|||/ /|||/ ||| XVIII 18 10010
Nineteen /|||/ /|||/ /|||/ |||| XIX 19 10011
Twenty /|||/ /|||/ /|||/ /|||/ XX 20 10100
