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Novenary - Definition and Overview

Nonary is a base 9 numeral system, typically using the digits 0-8, but not the digit 9.

The first few numbers in nonary and decimal are:

Nonary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 81011121314
Decimal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910111213

The multiplication table in nonary is:

 * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
 2 2 4 6 811131517
 3 3 6101316202326
 4 4 8131722263135
 5 511162227333844
 6 613202633404653
 7 715233138465462
 8 817263544536271

Instead of using ternary, one may use nonary, where each nonary digit represents two ternary digits. This is similar to using octal instead of binary.

Except for three, no primes in nonary end in 0, 3 or 6, since any nonary number ending in 0, 3 or 6 is divisible by three.

A nonary number is divisible by two, four or eight, if the sum of its digits are also divisible by two, four or eight respectively.

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