Binary Counting Digits - 2
If you have ever thought about the Decimal counting system you would realise that each 'place' in a decimal number is a power of ten following the pattern below ...
The Binary counting system follows the same pattern.
From left to right, the places have a decimal value of: 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1
Converting between Binary and Decimal ...
The table below shows the pattern of binary numbers from decimal 1 to 8
|
Binary |
Decimal |
Binary |
Decimal |
|
| 00000001 |
1 |
00000101 |
5 |
|
| 00000010 |
2 |
00000110 |
6 |
|
| 00000011 |
3 |
00000111 |
7 |
|
| 00000100 |
4 |
00001000 |
8 |
The next few screens provide more information about converting between binary and decimal.