Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

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, ...

12. Nimbia, base-12 Even though, as the dozenalists claim, 12 is the best base mathematically, there are relatively few base-12 systems found in the world's languages. In Nimbia, a dialect of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...