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    This document provides an introduction to converting between binary and decimal number systems. It explains that binary uses only 1s and 0s while decimal uses 0-9, and that computers use binary to represent information. The key steps to convert a binary number to decimal are: 1) write out the place values, 2) identify the positions of 1s, and 3) add the place value of each 1. Several examples of binary numbers and their decimal conversions are provided.

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    This document provides an introduction to converting between binary and decimal number systems. It explains that binary uses only 1s and 0s while decimal uses 0-9, and that computers use binary to represent information. The key steps to convert a binary number to decimal are: 1) write out the place values, 2) identify the positions of 1s, and 3) add the place value of each 1. Several examples of binary numbers and their decimal conversions are provided.

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    TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IS BINARY AND DENARY AND HOW TO CONVERT BINARY TO DENARY.

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    This document provides an introduction to converting between binary and decimal number systems. It explains that binary uses only 1s and 0s while decimal uses 0-9, and that computers use binary to represent information. The key steps to convert a binary number to decimal are: 1) write out the place values, 2) identify the positions of 1s, and 3) add the place value of each 1. Several examples of binary numbers and their decimal conversions are provided.

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    Binary

    to Denary
    Conversions

    By the end of this worksheet you should:

    • Understand what binary is
    • Understand what denary is
    • Comprehend how to convert from binary
    into denary


    Binary is the number system used by computers.
    Denary is the number system used by most modern
    human cultures.

    Binary has only 2 values (bi means 2 in Latin), it can either
    be zero (0) or one (1).
    Denary has 10 values (dec means 10 in Latin, and is
    shortened to de when a prefix); it can have the values 0,
    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9.

    Most of the arithmetic that we can perform on denary
    works for binary.

    Computers use binary because computers are made of
    switches and switches have only 2 options: ON or OFF. So,
    binary zero (0) is OFF and binary one (1) is ON.

    To convert from binary to denary you need to remember
    that binary has place value, just like denary.

    Derived from an ancient Hindu system, our denary place
    value was adapted and improved upon by Arab traders in
    the ninth and tenth century. The column values increase
    by 10:

    10 000 1 000
    100 000 10 000 1000 100 10 1
    000 000

    0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1

    In the above example, we have 31 201 or thirty-one
    thousand, two hundred and one. The columns are
    multiplied by the value beneath them, and then added to
    all the other values.

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    Binary to Denary Conversions

    Binary also has place value, but the column values are
    different:

    128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

    0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1

    Simply look for the ones, add each of the column value
    that has a 1 in it together and you have the denary
    conversion:

    16 + 8 + 4 + 1 = 29

    So that we do not confuse denary 10 (ten) with binary 10
    (2) we use a subscript to show if it is denary (10) or
    binary (2).

    So, denary 10 becomes 1010 and binary 10 becomes 102.

    Remember, to convert from binary to denary simply:

    • write down the place value above each column
    • Identify where each of the 1s is
    • Add those column values together to get the
    denary equivalent

    128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

    1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
    128 16 4 1

    128 + 16 + 4 + 1 = 14110

    Page 2 of 4
    Binary to Denary Conversions

    Try the following:



    a)

    128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

    1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0



    b)

    128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

    0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0



    c)

    128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

    0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



    d)

    128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

    1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0



    e)

    0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0



    f)

    0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0

    Page 3 of 4
    Binary to Denary Conversions

    g)

    1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1




    h) 11111111





    i) 00110111





    j) 10111101





    k) 00111011





    l) 01011101





    m) 00100100

    Page 4 of 4

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