NCERT Example - Base-5 for 143 - A Story of Numbers

Question: In a base-5 system with landmarks 1, 5, 25, 125, 625, ..., express 143.

Answer: 143 = 125 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 1 in the base-5 landmark system.

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