A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

We all harbor one particular prejudice. We are each and every one of us irrevocably focused on and devoted to our number system in base ten. Our languages, our engineering discussions, our methods, ...

Today is a big day for lovers of the number 12, and no one loves 12s more than the members of the Dozenal Society. The Dozenal Society advocates for ditching the base-10 system we use for counting in ...

Understand how to express the same number in different forms. Part of using base-ten numbers correctly is understanding how to express the same number in different forms. It is challenging to move ...

The other evening at dinner, Max and Nora were counting out numbers on their fingers. Max, age five (almost six!) was using both hands to count to ten -- making base 10 numbers. Nora, on the other ...

This study investigated the linguistic structure of Oneida and Lakota language number systems to determine whether the base ten number structure is explicitly communicated in these languages. Two ...

Grade 2 Math: Grade 2 Module 3, Lesson 7: Write, read, and relate base ten numbers in all forms. WCNY TV Classroom is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV ...