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5, 4, 3, 2,
1...
Welcome to another new group for the
third week of math class! At this point
you are pretty familiar with how class works, but if you're confused,
remember those four important rules:

o Helping (without just telling the answer),

o Listening (and making an effort to understand),
o Respecting (because everyone learns differently), and
o Exploring (because this is how the best learning
happens).

This week introduces new categories for the problems you will solve:
there is Important Stuff, Neat Stuff, and Tough Stuff. As long as
you and your group gets the important stuff done, you're set for the
main mathematical ideas. The rest of it is just what it sounds like,
neat and tough. Good luck!

Important Stuff
Let's take a look at the five standards that apply to this unit on
Number Systems.

Standard 5. Explore alternate multiplication algorithms

A. Perform the multiplication 127 x 32.

your algorithm: Egyptian algorithm:

B. Try this again, this time with 67 x 25.

your algorithm: Egyptian algorithm:
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C. List a set of powers of two that add up to 34

D. List a set of powers of two that add up to 3450

E. What's happening here? Can every number be written as a sum

of powers of two?

F. Does anyone in your group use a different multiplication

algortithm than you? Write down who, and how it works.

Standard 4. Change numbers from base 10 to a different base, and

vice-versa

A. Convert 260 (base 10) into a base 5 number.

B. Convert 2350 (base 6) into a base 10 number.

C. Convert 9999 (base 10) into a base 20 number.

D. Convert [24:00:00] (base 60) into a base 10 number.

E. The Babylonians used a base 60 number system. Can you think

of ways that may have affected how we count ____________
today?
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Standard 3. Determine patterns in a sequence of numbers by

performing operations on successive pairs

A. What's the pattern in each of these sequences of numbers?

1. 8, 64, 512, 4096, ...
2. 8, 64, 4096, ...
3. 8, 16, 24, 32, ...
B. Which sequence would be appropriate values for the different
digits in a base 8 number system (if you also included 1s, of
course)?

Standard 2. Perform operations on numbers in alternate bases

A. Compute 235 + 77 in base 8 arithmetic.

B. Compute 642 - 255 in base 7 arithmetic.

C. Describe a method for accurately doing these problems. Check

with your group members for inspiration!

Standard 1. Translate numbers from non-Hindu-Arabic systems into

decimal form and back

A. Express the number 8197 in Mayan numerals.

B. Express that same number in Egyptian numerals.

Most Important Thing: With your group, come up with quiz problems
that could be used to assess one of the five standards studied in class.
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Each group should submit problems for at least TWO different
standards. Make sure to listen to each others' ideas and clearly
indicate which standards the problems are written for.

Turn this in on a separate sheet of paper by the end of class.

Neat Stuff
The Api counting system. The Api people of New Hebrides have the
following words for the numbers 1-18:

1
1 tai lualuna
0
1
2 lua lualuna tai
1
1
3 tolu lualuna lua
2
1 lualuna
4 vari
3 tolu
1 lualuna
5 luna
4 vari
1
6 otai toluluna
5
1
7 olua toluluna tai
6
otol 1 toluluna
8
u 7 lua
ovar 1 toluluna
9
i 8 tolu
Based on this information,
1. What number (or numbers) is the base of the Api system?
2. What is the literal translation of toluluna lua?
3. Write the Api words for the numbers 19-24.
4. What do you think might be the words for 25? 26? 34?
55? 125? 153? There are several answers that make
sense. Justify your answers by translating them literally
into English.
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Tough Stuff
1. What is the lowest possible base you could use for a number
system?
2. This system is called binary, and is superuseful these days
because it is used to program computers. Translate these
numbers from binary into base 10.
a. 10
b. 10101
c. 11000
d. 1111001
3. Using binary arithmetic, add the numbers 110010 and 10001.
4. Explain this comic.