Isn’t an issue what the words for numbers mean?

Does thousand mean the quantity itself or does it mean the decimal 1000?

In other words thousand = 1000 (dec) and 0x3E8 (hex). Are they both pronounced “thousand”? When someone says mix a thousand liters of glycol with ten kilograms of salt, both 1000 (dec) and 0x3E8 (hex) mean “thousand” each of something.

The only way to get around this is if every whole number on the number line had a unique name and could be represented by any numbering system.