Module 5 Overview
What You'll Learn To Do: Understand numbers in other bases and recognize when use of other bases is applicable to real-life situations.
Learning Objectives
- Describe historical examples of simple grouping, multiplicative grouping, and positional numeration systems in the development of modern mathematics.
- Write and interpret numbers in other bases.
- Convert directly between binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal bases.
- Recognize when use of other bases is applicable to real-life situations, solve real-life problems, and communicate real-life problems and solutions to others.
Learning Activities

Reading Assignments and Videos
- Read: Numeration
- Watch: Supplemental Videos
- Read: Binary, Octal, and Hexadecimal
Homework Assignments
- Submit: Numeration Homework #1 (16 points)
- Submit: Numeration Homework #2 (16 points)
- Discuss: Numeration Application (20 points)
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- Mathematics for the Liberal Arts I. Provided by: Extended Learning Institute of Northern Virginia Community College Located at: https://online.nvcc.edu/. License: CC BY: Attribution.
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