BROWN-BAGGING THE DECIMAL NUMERATION SYSTEM (DNS)

  1. Place a stick on a flat (say, a table). This represents a UNIT's NUMERIC POSITION in DNS.

  2. Place ten sticks in a brown bag. This represents a TEN's NUMERICPOSITION in DNS.

  3. Place ten bags, each holding ten sticks, in a larger brown bag. This represents a HUNDRED's POSITION in DNS.

  4. Place ten bags, each holding a Hundred's bag, in a larger brown bag. This represents a THOUSAND's NUMERIC PPPOSITION in DNS.

    Place ten bags, each holding a THOUSAND'S BAG, in a larger brown bag. This represents a TEN THOUSAND's NUMERIC POSITION in DNS.

  5. ETSETTERY. IN GENERAL, A POSITIONAL NUMERIC IN THE (n + 1)POSITION OF DNS (DECIMAL NUMERATION SYSTEM) CAN BE REPRESENTED BY A BROWN BAG HOLDING n BAGS.

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