Encoding Numbers in the Real World
Directions: Use the handout to research the following links
- ● A. The 2038 problem:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem - ● B. The Y2K problem:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem - ● C. Polynesians used binary 600 years ago:
http://www.nature.com/news/polynesian-people-used-binary-numbers-600-years-ago-1.14380 - ● D. 12 MindBlowing Number Systems From Other Languages
http://mentalfloss.com/article/31879/12mindblowingnumbersystemsotherlanguages - ● E. A Brief Introduction to Dozenal (base 12) Counting, from the Dozenal Society
http://www.dozenal.org/files/A1%20BRIEF%20INTRO.pdf - ● F. Barcodes
http://www.wikihow.com/Read-12-Digit-UPC-Barcodes - ● G. Roman Numeral Arithmetic http://turner.faculty.swau.edu/mathematics/materialslibrary/roman/
- ● H. Survey of ancient number systems (You may wish to ignore the first part and perhaps assign acouple of cultures to each student.)
http://www.math.chalmers.se/Math/Grundutb/GU/MAN250/S04/Number_Systems.pdf - ● I. Jacquard Loom:
http://wvegter.hivemind.net/abacus/CyberHeroes/Jacquard.htm - ● J. Why 60 minutes in an hour:
http://www.livescience.com/44964-why-60-minutes-in-an-hour.html - ● K. 32-bit vs. 64-bit computers:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/32-bit-64-bit-operating-systems/