NUMBER BASES

J. Golin

Decimal Numbers

Binary Numbers

Most numbers you see are decimal numbers.

These numbers appear anywhere from phone
numbers to numbers on a $100 dollar bill.

The traditional decimal system has 10 different

numbers used to represent each number.
0123456789

Any number can be broken down into columns.

For example:

2405

Binary numbers are numbers in which only 2

digits are used to represent each number.
Zero 0

Two 1000s

Four 100s

AND

One 1

4 102

0 101

2 100
Ones Column

Example: Convert 100110102 to decimal.

2 103

Tens Column

Converting Binary to Decimal

Hundreds Column

Five 1s

Thousands Column

Zero 10s

0
26

0
25

1
24

1
23

0
22

1
21

0
20

128

64

32

16

128 + 0 + 0 + 16 + 8 + 0 + 2 + 0=15410

The exponent 10x increases by 1 for each

consecutive column.
The total value of the number is found by adding
together each column.
2000 + 400 + 0 + 5 = 2405
Labeling Numbers with Different Bases
When numbers with different bases are being
discussed it is common to identify the base of the
number with a subscript letter.
10010 Decimal Number
1002 Binary Number
1008 Octal Number
10016 Hexadecimal Number

1
27

(base 10)
(base 2)
(base 8)
(base 16)

Converting Decimal to Binary

In order to convert a decimal number to a binary
number the following steps are taken.
(a) Divide the decimal number by 2.
(b) If there is a remainder, write a 1.
(c) If there is no remained, write a 0.
Example: Convert 23510 to binary.
235
117
58
29
14
7
3
1
0

1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1

Read the number

starting from the
bottom.
11101011

Therefore 23510 = 111010112

NUMBER BASES ASSIGNMENT

1. Convert 111000112 to decimal.

Name:

4. Convert 17510 to binary.

2. Convert 10101012 to decimal.

3. Convert 100010 to binary.

5.Complete the Number Table

Decimal
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

Binary

6. Add:

7. Add:

110101010112
+ 100001110002

8. Convert 45010 to hexadecimal.

(hint: divide by 16 instead of 2)

10101010011012
1011010101102

9. Convert 1C816 to decimal.

10. Complete the extended Number Table:

Decimal
0

Binary

Octal

Hex

Decimal
16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

10

26

11

27

12

28

13

29

14

30

15

31

Binary

Octal

Hex