Notes on understanding binary, decimal, hexadecimal numbers and conversions.
Learning Objectives
- Convert from binary to decimal and vice versa
- Convert from binary to hexadecimal and vice versa
- Convert from hexadecimal to decimal and vice versa
Decimals or Base 10
Decimal system uses 10 as a base and the numbers range from 0 to 9.
129 = 100 + 20 + 9
9 = 9 * 10^0 (Note that 10^0 is equal to 1)
20 = 2 * 10^1
100 = 1 * 10^2
Powers of ten
10^0 = 1
10^1 = 10
10^2 = 100
10^3 = 1000
Binary or Base 2
Binary numbers are base 2 numbers and have only two values: 0 and 1.
Binary 101 has 1 in the units column, 0 in the 2s column and 1 in the 4s column.
1 = 1 * 2^0 units
0 = 0 * 2^1 twos
1 = 1 * 2^2 fours
2^0 = 1
2^1 = 2
2^2 = 4
2^3 = 8
Binary To Decimal Conversion
Convert 101 to decimal
(1 * 1) + (0 * 2) + (1 * 4) = 5
Convert 111 to decimal
(1 * 1) + (1 * 2) + (1 * 4) = 7
8 bits equals 1 byte
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
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