The senary numeral system (also known as base-6 or heximal) has six as its base. It has been adopted independently by a small number of cultures. Like decimal, it is a semiprime, though being the product of the only two consecutive numbers that are both prime (2 and 3) it has a high degree of mathematical properties for its size. As six is a superior highly composite number, many of the arguments made in favor of the duodecimal system also apply to this base-6.
senary (base 6) | binary (base 2) | senary (base 6) | binary (base 2) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | = 1 | 15 | = 1011 |
2 | = 10 | 20 | = 1100 |
3 | = 11 | 21 | = 1101 |
4 | = 100 | 22 | = 1110 |
5 | = 101 | 23 | = 1111 |
10 | = 110 | 24 | = 10000 |
11 | = 111 | 25 | = 10001 |
12 | = 1000 | 30 | = 10010 |
13 | = 1001 | 31 | = 10011 |
14 | = 1010 | 32 | = 10100 |
In mathematics and digital electronics, a binary number is a number expressed in the binary numeral system or base-2 numeral system which represents numeric values using two different symbols: typically 0 (zero) and 1 (one). The base-2 system is a positional notation with a radix of 2. Because of its straightforward implementation in digital electronic circuitry using logic gates, the binary system is used internally by almost all modern computers and computer-based devices. Each digit is referred to as a bit.
binary (base 2) | senary (base 6) | binary (base 2) | senary (base 6) |
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1 | ≈ 1 | 1011 | ≈ 15 |
10 | ≈ 2 | 1100 | ≈ 20 |
11 | ≈ 3 | 1101 | ≈ 21 |
100 | ≈ 4 | 1110 | ≈ 22 |
101 | ≈ 5 | 1111 | ≈ 23 |
110 | ≈ 10 | 10000 | ≈ 24 |
111 | ≈ 11 | 10001 | ≈ 25 |
1000 | ≈ 12 | 10010 | ≈ 30 |
1001 | ≈ 13 | 10011 | ≈ 31 |
1010 | ≈ 14 | 10100 | ≈ 32 |
senary (base 6) | binary (base 2) |
---|---|
1 | = 1 |
2 | = 10 |
3 | = 11 |
4 | = 100 |
5 | = 101 |
10 | = 110 |
11 | = 111 |
12 | = 1 000 |
13 | = 1 001 |
14 | = 1 010 |