Numbers & Comparison Operators
Numbers & Comparison Operators
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Today's Goal
Today's Goal
From text to numbers, and
other data types in Python.
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Data Types & Numbers
Comparison Operators
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History of Numbers
Number Bases, p1
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Number Bases, p2
1s & 0s, all the way down
Other methods...
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We think of numbers are being pretty universal... generally... in the west anyway. If you think about it though, we know they aren't. While pretty much all of Europe uses the same number symbols (and mostly the same alphabet symbols), but we know there are other cultures (like to the east) that don't.
We also know that Europe didn't always use the same numbers... one example of that would be Roman Numerals. It wasn't the only alternative though.
30 - monk-numbers.mp4Some systems are more modern; like the Kaktovik numerals created at Harold Kaveolook middle school on Barter Island Kaktovik, Alaska in 1995.
In 1996, the Commission on Inuit History Language and Culture officially adopted the numerals, and in 1998 the Inuit Circumpolar Council in Canada recommended the development and use of the Kaktovik numerals in that country.
alaska-news.mp4
You may think that overall, it's still all the same system, just with different symbols. Like if you convert it to English, it's still all the same thing. Sometimes yes, but not always...
31 - numberphile-numbers.mp4TASK
TASK
Think about:
If you were to create a new number system, what would it look like?
Would it be a base 10 system? Something else?
Would it serve a specific purpose?
Do:
Design your own number system.
Show the basic symbols used for counting.
Show some examples of math problems using your system.
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