INTRODUCTION

TO
MENSURATION

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MENSURATION

-the geometry applied to

the computation of magnitude
lengths, areas or volumes from
given dimensions or angles.

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Computers can only understand

and perform the manipulation of
0s and 1s
0s and 1s are called binary digits.

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The smallest unit of information

that a computer supports refers
to Bits

Number Systems

Number systems are also called

numeral system. It is any
notation that represents
numerals or numbers.

Number Systems

Examples of Number Systems:

Decimal
Binary
Octal
Hexadecimal

Number Systems
Decimal
-the most common number system and the basis
of how we count
-has base or radix of 10 meaning, numbers are
notated with one digit starting a sequence from 1 to
9, ending the sequence with a 0 prefixed with
another digit, and start another sequence from 1 to
9
-the symbols used are the numbers 0-9

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Binary
-considered as the computer language
- on machine level, this is the only recognizable
data to the computer
-simulates the toggle switches that a computer uses
to perform its calculations.
-has a base or radix of 2 meaning, a digit is added
in sequence for every two counts using only symbols
of 0 and 1

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Octal
-a result of simplifying the representation of
characters in programming a computer
-grouping of binary bits into group of three
called octets thus, 23 is equal to 8 deriving the
name octal
- uses 8 as its radix or base represented by
the symbols 0-7

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Hexadecimal
-a spin off from the octal system
- because of not having the option
to deviate from binary root, the
hexadecimal system was introduced.
- has a base or radix of 16