-> 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 :)
Yes, I too am a child of the "new math" of the 60's, which Chuck
recently posted a message about. I enjoyed learning base 5 and base 8
and function notation, etc...
-> 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.
True, I _could_ do that. I am, however, a bit cautious of spending too
much time on a topic that is not essential to the exam. I'll have to
think about how I want to handle it.
Sheila
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