The ordinary decimal system uses ten distinct single-symbols:
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. But many other ways of writing numbers
are available. Here are a few. All these cases show how the quantity
sixteen would be written.
Sixteenbase = How Sixteen is WrittenIn case we have this many distinct symbols
1016
1115
1214
1313
1412
1511
1610
179
208
227
246
315
1004
1213
100002
When the number of distinct symbols is just two (2), they are usually
written 0 and 1. This is the binary means of
tracking quantity.