first post

Well, this is my first post on blogger, and I am still trying to figure this out. In class we are learning about all of the different types of ancient counting systems around the world. We had a student presenter on Monday, who explained in more detail to the class how the Babylonian system works. Here is a website I found that helps explains the Babylonian counting system.

Base 10

Yesterday in class we learned about base 5 and base 10 systems. In base 10 we are using 10 digits, and in base 5 we are using only 5.

Base 10: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Base 5: 0,1,2,3,4