Definition:Number Base/Also see

Number Base: Also see

The most common number base is of course base $10$.

So common is it, that numbers written in base $10$ are written merely by concatenating the digits:

$r_m r_{m - 1} \ldots r_2 r_1 r_0$

$2$ is a fundamentally important number base in computer science, as is $16$:

• Definition:Binary Notation
• Definition:Hexadecimal Notation

• Results about number bases can be found here.