The symbols 1, 2, 3, et cetera are just that: symbols. Our Base-10 system uses 0-9. Binary, a Base-2 numbering system, uses 0-1. A Base-8 (or Octal) numbering system could use 0-7. In Base-10, once the single digit value reaches a value of ten, it reverts to zero and adds +1 to the value one decimal place to the left. In a Base-8 system the same thing would happen once the single digit value reaches a value of eight. Hence a Base-8 Gerbil numbering system would go from 17 to 20. Perhaps the following table will help illustrate this:And if you were using a base-8 numbering system, your numbering system would be base-10, right?
The symbols 1, 2, 3, et cetera are just that: symbols. Our Base-10 system uses 0-9. Binary, a Base-2 numbering system, uses 0-1. A Base-8 (or Octal) numbering system could use 0-7. In Base-10, once the single digit value reaches a value of ten, it reverts to zero and adds +1 to the value one decimal place to the left. In a Base-8 system the same thing would happen once the single digit value reaches a value of eight. Hence a Base-8 Gerbil numbering system would go from 17 to 20. Perhaps the following table will help illustrate this:
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Sorry jhnsn, this is now a maths thread.
The symbols 1, 2, 3, et cetera are just that: symbols. Our Base-10 system uses 0-9. Binary, a Base-2 numbering system, uses 0-1. A Base-8 (or Octal) numbering system could use 0-7. In Base-10, once the single digit value reaches a value of ten, it reverts to zero and adds +1 to the value one decimal place to the left. In a Base-8 system the same thing would happen once the single digit value reaches a value of eight. Hence a Base-8 Gerbil numbering system would go from 17 to 20. Perhaps the following table will help illustrate this:
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Sorry jhnsn, this is now a maths thread.
I get this and understand octal, but if you lived in a base-8 world, you would call it base-10, because the eighth digit would be represented by 10. So to this base-8 world, we, with 10 fingers and toes, would be in a base-12 world.
Actually, it's pronounced Jonathan, you're all wrong :glare:
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No, but the Simpson's do(h)!
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And if you were using a base-8 numbering system, your numbering system would be base-10, right?
The symbols 1, 2, 3, et cetera are just that: symbols. Our Base-10 system uses 0-9. Binary, a Base-2 numbering system, uses 0-1. A Base-8 (or Octal) numbering system could use 0-7. In Base-10, once the single digit value reaches a value of ten, it reverts to zero and adds +1 to the value one decimal place to the left. In a Base-8 system the same thing would happen once the single digit value reaches a value of eight. Hence a Base-8 Gerbil numbering system would go from 17 to 20. Perhaps the following table will help illustrate this:
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Sorry jhnsn, this is now a maths thread.
Happy 19th jhnsn. Now go get a job so you can afford some vowels.
eighteen?
nineteen?
Or does rodent math use a Base-8 number system?
I spaced out while reading this, then saw the world gerbil and was mildly interested.
Don't judge rodent math is hard
I considered providing an erudite response...but then I realized you are old and set in your waysIf I only have 8 fingers, then 8 = 10![]()

I considered providing an erudite response...but then I realized you are old and set in your ways![]()
Finally, someone else that knows octal, even if I prefer hexadecimal.