What am I ever going to use that for?

1973 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-191
Author(s):  
Benny F. Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Numeration System ◽  
Decimal Numeration

What am I ever going to use that for?” is an often-heard complaint in the mathematics classroom. One of the topics about which such a complaint is voiced is that of nondecimal bases. And, perhaps, such a complaint is not unreasonable, for the only answer that most teachers seem to have is some vague comment that the study of nondecimal numeration will help the student better understand the decimal numeration system.

By Way of Introduction

1982 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 2
Keyword(s):  
Numeration System ◽  
Day Of The Week ◽  
Decimal Numeration

Some things need to be learned in the sense of being simply memorized—the forms and order of the letters of the alphabet, a, b, c, …, x, y, z; the ten digits of the decimal numeration system, 0, 1, 2, …, 8, 9; months of the year; and day of the week, for example.

Numération et repérage temporel en inuktitut du Nunavik

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-119
Author(s):  
Marc-Antoine Mahieu
Keyword(s):  
Numeration System ◽  
Actual Use

Abstract Although the Inuit numeration system has no structural limits, its actual use is limited to concrete situations where the quantities involved are small. In Inuktitut (Inuit dialects of the Canadian Eastern Arctic), this system has traditionally had very little use in measuring the passage of time. As a result of contact with Westerners, the situation has partially changed, as shown by the expression of the days of the week and the time of the day. This article presents the essential data relevant to the dialect of Nunavik (Arctic Quebec).

Decimal Numeration and Decimal Coinage

1854 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-236
Author(s):  
William Thomas Thomson
Keyword(s):  
House Of Commons ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Select Committee ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Decimal Numeration

The Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the subject of “Decimal Coinage,” of 1st August 1853, sets entirely at rest any doubt or question as to the great advantages and facilities which would be afforded by the adoption of a system of decimal numeration and decimal coinage.That the change will accordingly be made, I feel confident; and as the basis of the new arrangement, as well as the method of carrying it out, are of vast importance to the public at large, and in business generally, I have considered it a fit subject of deliberation for this Institute. It may be said that we should have taken an earlier and more prominent part in originating and promoting a change of system, of the importance of which we had individually, I may safely assume, been long convinced; but I am inclined to think that we have wisely reserved our opinions, and that they will be more valuable in the present stage of the discussion (now that the Report of the Select Committee, and the evidence taken before them, has been published), than they would have been earlier in the day.

Fan Assessment Numeration System (FANS) Design and Calibration Specifications

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Gates ◽  
J. D. Simmons ◽  
K. D. Casey ◽  
T. J. Greis ◽  
H. Xin ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Numeration System
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