Web Links for IST 230 Lab 3
Dave's Lab Notes:
lab3.pdf
Nice explanation of Number Systems
http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~csonline/NumberSystems/Lessons/index.html
Base Conversion Links:
Base Conversion Link: Decimal <---> Arbitrary Base
http://www.cstc.org/data/resources/60/conv2.html
Base Conversion Links: binary/ternary/quintal/octal/decimal/hexadecimal
http://www.subnetonline.com/tools/dechexbin.html
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/binary.html
Addition/Multiplication Tables in Various Bases
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/blue/SysTable.html
Binary/Octal/Decimal/Hexadecimal Calculators:
Try the freeware programs/applets in this directory
Extension of base arithmetic concepts:
Modulo arithmetic applet
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/blue/Modulo.html
Conceptual Blockbusters:
Number guessing game
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/blue/Cards.html
***Don't peek at the solution until you try figuring this one out!***
Almost every number has a 3 in it!
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/do_you_know/digit3.html
***Again, try to figure this out before you peek at the solution!***
Related link to Benford's and Zipf's Laws on the 'randomness' of naturally occuring numbers
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/do_you_know/zipfLaw.html
Maximally Cool "Cut the Knot" pages by Alexander Bogomolny
Home page - links to a lot of interesting mathematics, some of which we have used here:
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/front.html