🎮 Computers & Gaming (Base 2)

Every computer, phone and games console uses Binary (Base 2).

Games like Minecraft, Fortnite and Roblox are all stored using combinations of only:

Every character, world and skin is ultimately stored using binary.

⌚ Time Uses Base 60

Have you ever wondered why there are:

Time uses a number system based on 60 rather than 10.

Every football match, stopwatch and microwave timer uses this system.

🎨 Colours on Screens (Base 16)

Every colour on a phone, tablet or computer screen is stored using Base 16 (Hexadecimal).

These codes are used by game designers, website creators and app developers.

💷 Money & Place Value

Understanding number bases helps us understand how our number system works.

This is exactly what Dienes blocks help us visualise.

Place value helps us work with money, decimals and percentages.

📱 QR Codes & Barcodes

Every time you scan a QR code or use a self-checkout, information is converted into number systems that computers understand.

Shops, phones and ticket machines all rely on coded number systems.

🤖 Robots & Artificial Intelligence

Robots and AI don’t think using English words.

Everything is stored as numbers.

Those numbers are eventually stored electronically using Base 2.

Every chatbot, robot and AI tool begins with binary code.

🕵️ Secret Codes

Different bases are like different languages for numbers.

All of these represent the same quantity.

Learning different bases is like learning how to read secret number codes!