Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t ...

We all harbor one particular prejudice. We are each and every one of us irrevocably focused on and devoted to our number system in base ten. Our languages, our engineering discussions, our methods, ...

Today is a big day for lovers of the number 12, and no one loves 12s more than the members of the Dozenal Society. The Dozenal Society advocates for ditching the base-10 system we use for counting in ...

Understand how to express the same number in different forms. Part of using base-ten numbers correctly is understanding how to express the same number in different forms. It is challenging to move ...

The other evening at dinner, Max and Nora were counting out numbers on their fingers. Max, age five (almost six!) was using both hands to count to ten -- making base 10 numbers. Nora, on the other ...

This study investigated the linguistic structure of Oneida and Lakota language number systems to determine whether the base ten number structure is explicitly communicated in these languages. Two ...