1052 toothpicks can be grouped into 4 groups of third power of 6 (
), 5 groups of second power of 6 (
), 1 group of first power of 6 (
) and 2 groups of zeroth power of 6 (
).
The number 1052, written as a base 6 number is 4512
Given: 1052 toothpicks
To do: The objective is to group the toothpicks in powers of 6 and to write the number 1052 as a base 6 number
First we note that, ![6^{0}=1,6^{1}=6,6^{2}=36,6^{3}=216,6^{4}=1296](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=6%5E%7B0%7D%3D1%2C6%5E%7B1%7D%3D6%2C6%5E%7B2%7D%3D36%2C6%5E%7B3%7D%3D216%2C6%5E%7B4%7D%3D1296)
This implies that
exceeds 1052 and thus the highest power of 6 that the toothpicks can be grouped into is 3.
Now,
and
. This implies that
exceeds 1052 and thus there can be at most 4 groups of
.
Then,
![1052-4\times6^{3}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=1052-4%5Ctimes6%5E%7B3%7D)
![1052-4\times216](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=1052-4%5Ctimes216)
![1052-864](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=1052-864)
![188](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=188)
So, after grouping the toothpicks into 4 groups of third power of 6, there are 188 toothpicks remaining.
Now,
and
. This implies that
exceeds 188 and thus there can be at most 5 groups of
.
Then,
![188-5\times6^{2}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=188-5%5Ctimes6%5E%7B2%7D)
![188-5\times36](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=188-5%5Ctimes36)
![188-180](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=188-180)
![8](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=8)
So, after grouping the remaining toothpicks into 5 groups of second power of 6, there are 8 toothpicks remaining.
Now,
and
. This implies that
exceeds 8 and thus there can be at most 1 group of
.
Then,
![8-1\times6^{1}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=8-1%5Ctimes6%5E%7B1%7D)
![8-1\times6](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=8-1%5Ctimes6)
![8-6](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=8-6)
![2](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=2)
So, after grouping the remaining toothpicks into 1 group of first power of 6, there are 2 toothpicks remaining.
Now,
and
. This implies that the remaining toothpicks can be exactly grouped into 2 groups of zeroth power of 6.
This concludes the grouping.
Thus, it was obtained that 1052 toothpicks can be grouped into 4 groups of third power of 6 (
), 5 groups of second power of 6 (
), 1 group of first power of 6 (
) and 2 groups of zeroth power of 6 (
).
Then,
![1052=4\times6^{3}+5\times6^{2}+1\times6^{1}+2\times6^{0}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=1052%3D4%5Ctimes6%5E%7B3%7D%2B5%5Ctimes6%5E%7B2%7D%2B1%5Ctimes6%5E%7B1%7D%2B2%5Ctimes6%5E%7B0%7D)
So, the number 1052, written as a base 6 number is 4512.
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