-=> Quoting Sheila King to Kathleen Weaver <=-
 SK> Frankly, I was even thinking of doing
 SK> some instruction on binary (it seems necessary to discuss the
 SK> underpinnings of the computer hardware and how it operates), and I was
 SK> considering such assignments as programs that convert binary numbers to
 SK> decimal or a program that adds binary numbers, or something like that.
 SK> What do you think?
It could be covered by teaching arithmetic operations with _any_ base.
I think generalizing the concept helps get away from the idea that
calculations with bases other than 10 is strictly a computer thing, i.e.
binary, octal, hexadecimal. I recall learning to add and subtract in
base 5 for example, in junior high in the mid-sixties, long before
computers were common in schools. Of course I had no idea why anyone
would want to count in base 5 :)
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