Question: When Greg and his teacher are going over math in the classroom, they both mention the words "Base 10" in a math problem. What does "Base 10" mean?
The Brady Bunch (1969)
1 question in The Undergraduate
Starring: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Maureen McCormick, Ann B. Davis
Continuity mistake: The microphone next to the tape recorder moves from one shot to the next. (00:26:05)
Bobby Brady: Mom always says not to play ball in the house.
Trivia: Barry Williams has a Band-Aid on his lip in this episode because he was in a car accident a few days before filming and needed stitches in his lip. (00:05:00)
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Answer: Base 10 refers to the numbering system in common use in the United States and most of the world. Take a number like 475, base ten refers to the position, the 5 is in the one's place, the 7 is in the ten's place and the 4 is in the hundred's place. Each number is 10 times the value to the right of it. That's why the term "base ten" is used. Numbers look very different when the base system changes.
Michael Albert