To understand binary numbers, begin by recalling elementary school math. When we first learned about numbers, we were taught that, in the decimal system, things are organized into columns: H | T | O
1 | 9 | 3
such that "H" is the hundreds column, "T" is the tens column, and "O" is the ones column. So the number "193" is 1-hundreds plus 9-tens plus 3-ones. Years later, we learned that the ones column meant 10^0, the tens column meant 10^1, the hundreds column 10^2 and so on, such that 10^2|10^1|10^0
1 | 9 | 3
the number 193 is really {(1*10^2)+(9*10^1)+(3*10^0)}. As you know, the decimal system uses the digits 0-9 to represent numbers. If we wanted to put a larger number in column 10^n (e.g., 10), we would have to multiply 10*10^n, which would give 10^(n+1), and be carried a column to the left. For example, putting ten in the 10^0 column is impossible, so we put a 1 in the 10^1 column, and a 0 in the 10^0 column, thus using two columns. Twelve would be 12*10^0, or 10^0(10+2), or 10^1+2*10^0, which also uses an additional column to the left (12). The binary system works under the exact same principles as the decimal system, only it operates in base 2 rather than base 10. In other words, instead of columns being
10^2|10^1|10^0
they are 2^2|2^1|2^0
Instead of using the digits 0-9, we only use 0-1 (again, if we used anything larger it would be like multiplying 2*2^n and getting 2^n+1, which would not fit in the 2^n column. Therefore, it would shift you one column to the left. For example, "3" in binary cannot be put into one column. The first column we fill is the right-most column, which is 2^0, or 1. Since 3>1, we need to use an extra column to the left, and indicate it as "11" in binary (1*2^1) + (1*2^0).
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In decimal notation: 1+1=2 In binary notation: 1+1=10
To convert the binary number 111 to decimal, you can use the positional notation method. The binary number 111 represents the sum of 2^2 + 2^1 + 2^0, which equals 4 + 2 + 1. Therefore, the decimal conversion of the binary number 111 is 7.
Converted to decimal, the binary number 10111011 would be expressed as 187. If the space in the question indicates a separation between two numbers, then "1011 1011" would be expressed in decimal notation as "11 11".
In binary code, each digit represents a power of 2, starting from the right with 2^0. The binary number 011010 is equivalent to 26 in decimal form. This can be calculated by adding the decimal values of the positions where a '1' appears in the binary number: 2^5 + 2^3 + 2^2 = 32 + 8 + 4 = 26.