Most numbers used in business are based on 10 – commonly known as the decimal system. One dollar is $1.00 and a half-dollar is $0.50. Time, of course, is an exception because it's based on 12.

The octal number 10 represents the number 8 in decimal. The octal 100 represents 8 × 8, or 64. 1000 is 8 × 8 × 8, or 512. One dollar in base ten would convert over to $1.44 in base eight, and ...

The decimal number system, which we use everyday, is called denary. In this system, there are hundreds, tens and units etc. The denary system is based around the number \(10\) and uses the digits ...