A new number system

Jimmy has thought of a new number system to use in class. Instead of writing 6*6= 36, he writes it as 121. How will he write 11^3/11^-1


The answer is 432031.

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2 solutions

Henry U
Nov 21, 2018

It looks like the number system is base 5, although I don't understand why 36 is written as 71 (7×5+1) and not 121 (1×25+2×5+1), which is the normal base 5 representation.

Anyways,

1 1 3 1 1 1 = 1 1 3 1 1 1 = 1 1 4 = 14641 = 43203 1 5 \frac {11^3}{11^{-1}} = 11^3 \cdot 11^1 = 11^4 = 14641 = \boxed{432031_5}

Tejas Chakrabarti
Nov 22, 2018

The number system Jimmy is using is Base-5. In this system, ordinary numbers (in base ten), are represented, such that each number place represents a power of five. So in the first place, numbers up to four can be represented. When we reach five, it will be 10. When we reach 25, it will be 100. So 11^3, which is 1331, when divided by 0.0909090909, which is 11^-1, gives 14641. 14641, when presented gives 432031.

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