IF A QUARTER OF 40 WERE 6, WHAT WOULD A THIRD OF 20 BE? This is a question on a quiz sheet and I would be grateful for any help. I don't know where to start looking even.
4 times 6 is 24 in decimal.
so "40" must represent 24
This suggests that "40" is written as base 6.
If "20" is also base six it represents 12 in decimal, so one third of "20" is 4.
However the question is perverse writing 6 for 6. In base 6 it should have written 10. Are you sure that the question wasn't "If a quarter of 40 were six ..."?