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Saturday 20 October 2012

NUMBER SYSTEM



What is Number System???  



A number system is a basic symbol to represent a set of quantities. There are many types of number system. Here we only focus on the



  1. Decimal
  2. Hexadecimal
  3. Binary Number



What is Number System base???



Most of the numbering system will have a base. The maximum number that can be represented on the single digit or number is called a base. Table 1.0 shows the different types of number system base.


                                                                 TABLE 1.0




Decimal Number???


  • Base of  10.
  • The vakue of the assigned weight is composed by 10 digits starting from 0 until 9.
  • The positive and negative values are determined by their position weight structure. Example:


  



Binary Number???



  • Base 2.
  • The number consist only two digit 0 and 1 only.
  • The example :

0000 = 1
0010 = 2
0011 = 3
0100 = 4

  • The weight structure of binary number is :






Hexadecimal Number???


  • Base 16.
  • The composed number start from 0 until F.
  • The number is suitable to present in four bit number.




the value A until F for hexadecimal number is :

A = 10             E = 14
B = 11             F = 15
C = 12
D = 13

















                                                                                                                                             POSTED BY ADAM HARRIS  ~.~
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