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NUMBER SYSTEM
Number system used in computer
design and by computer professionals. The four basic arithmetic operations are performed inside a computer by using binary numbers. Actually binary arithmetic is simpler to learn because the binary number system deals with only two digits - 0 & 1.
1. Binary number system. 2. Octal number system. 3 . Decimal number system 4. Hexadecimal number system.
1. BINARY NUMBER SYSTEM:Binary number system is like decimal number system except that the base is 2 ,instead of 10 we can use only two symbols or digits (0and 1) in this number system. Each position in the binary number represents a power of the base (2) . Therefore , decimal equivalent of binary number (10101) is
OCTAL NUMBER SYSTEM: In octal number system , the base is 8. Hence ,there
are only eight symbols or digits :- 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,&7. The largest single digits is 7 Therefore , decimal equivalent of octal number (2057)
HEXADACIMAL NUMBER SYSTEM: In hexadecimal number system , the base is 16. Hence
there are 16 symbols or digits. The first 10 digits are the same digits of decimal number system-0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 & 9. The remaining six digits are denoted by the symbols A,B,C,D,E & F, representing decimal values 10,11,12,13,14,15 respectively. Therefore , decimal equivalent of hexadecimal number 1AF is
multiplication method ) 2. Converting from decimal to another base (using LCM methods) 3. Converting form a base other than 10 another base other than 10 (using both multiplecation and LCM Method )