How Does Every Weird Number System Explained Work?

Every weird number system is just a new way to count, like having different kinds of blocks for your toys.

Imagine you're playing with blocks, some are big, some are small. In the regular number system (base 10), we use ten different blocks: 0 through 9. But what if you had only two kinds of blocks, say, a red one and a blue one, and every time you used ten red ones, you swapped them for one blue one? That’s like binary (base 2), just counting with only two numbers!

In a weird number system, each position has its own value, and when you go past that value, you carry over to the next one. Like in base 5: if you have five blocks in one spot, you trade them for one block in the next spot.

So, instead of counting like this:

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 (in base 10)

You might count like this:

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 (in base 5), but it’s really five in our world!

It's just a different way to count, like using different sized blocks for your toys, and swapping them when you run out.