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Examples on Indice and Numeral System

A) Denary System
Denary system is the Hindu-Arabic system that we commonly use in our daily life.

Example 1
(a) Write down he place value of each digit of 50 943.
(b) Express 50 943 in expanded form with base 10.

Example 2
Express 9 × 10 + 5 × 10 + 6 × 10 + 7 × 10 as a denary number.

B) Binary System
In a computer, binary system is used for the operation of all instructions and express on
characters and numbers in the system.

I. Place values in binary system

In the binary system, only two numerals ‘0’ and 1’ are used to express numbers.

Example 3
Write down the place value of each digit of 101010 .

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Example 4
Express 1011011 in expanded form with base 2.

Example 5
Express each of the following expressions as a binary number.
(a) 1 × 8 + 1 × 4 + 0 × 2 + 0 × 1
(b) 1 × 2 + 1 × 2 + 1 × 1

II. Conversion of binary numbers into denary numbers

Example 6
Convert 101010 into a denary number.

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III. Conversion of denary numbers into binary numbers
Example 7
Convert the following denary numbers into binary numbers.
(a) 23
(b) 60

C) Hexadecimal system
I. Place values in Hexadecimal system
There are 16 basic numerals in the Hexadecimal system.

Value 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Hexadecimal 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
system

Example 8
Express each number in expanded form with base 16.
(a) 2B0F
(b) 82A
(c) ABCD

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II. Conversion of hexadecimal numbers into denary numbers
Example 9
Convert the following hexadecimal numbers into denary numbers.
(a) 123
(b) ABC

III. Conversion of denary numbers into hexadecimal numbers

Example 10
Convert the following denary numbers into hexadecimal numbers.
(a) 621
(b) 12 201

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