Question

pros and cons of alternative numbering systems

Answer 1

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Our number system has several features that distinguish it from other 
possible systems: the place value concept, base 10 in particular, the 
specific set of symbols we have, the way we put those symbols together 
(in a row, using a decimal point), and so on. I don't think you can 
find any disadvantages in the use of place value, but you might be 
able to see better choices than 10 for the base; look into the 
Babylonian number system, which was partly based on 60, to see how 
"decimals" work better that way. In fact, if we used base 60, or 
perhaps 12, and therefore used that for the metric system as well, we 
could eliminate one of the big problems with the metric system, the 
fact that it doesn't handle common fractions well.

One disadvantage that led to early rejection of Arabic numerals in 
Europe was that numbers could be more easily forged than in Roman 
numerals - it was easier to change 0 to 6 or 9 than to change V to X. 
That's why we have to write out numbers on checks - a different system 
might eliminate that problem.

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