DATA REPRESENTATION

Human beings use decimal (base 10) number system for counting. Computers are
binary (base 2) number system, as they are made from binary digital components
known as transistors operating in two states on and off. In computing, we also use
hexadecimal(base 16) or octal ( base 8)

Base ten or decimal number system

Decimal number system has symbols:0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9 called digits

It uses positional notation ,i.e. the least-significant figure is the right most digit e.g.2345 in the
example 5 is the least significant figure .

Convert 1011001012 to the corresponding decimal number.

I will list up the digits in order ,and count them off from the right starting with zero.
The first row above (labelled ‘digits’) contains the digits from the binary number.
The second raw (labelled ‘numbering’)contains the power of 2 (the base) corresponding to
each digits.