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Common Number Systems
Used by humans? Yes No No No Used in computers? No Yes No No
System
Decimal Binary Octal Hexadecimal
Base Symbols
10 2 8 16 0, 1,  9 0, 1 0, 1,  7 0, 1,  9, A, B,  F
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Decimal 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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HexaBinary Octal decimal 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 2 2 11 100 101 110 111 3 4 5 6 7 3 4 5 6 7
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Quantities/Counting (2 of 3)
Decimal 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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HexaBinary Octal decimal 1000 10 8 1001 11 9 1010 12 A 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 13 14 15 16 17 B C D E F
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Decimal 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
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HexaBinary Octal decimal 10000 20 10 10001 21 11 10010 22 12 10011 10100 10101 10110 10111 23 24 25 26 27 13 14 15 16 17 Etc.
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Conversion Among Bases
 The possibilities:
Decimal Octal
Binary
Hexadecimal
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Quick Example
2510 = 110012 = 318 = 1916
Base
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Decimal to Decimal (just for fun)
Decimal
Octal
Binary
Hexadecimal
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Weight 12510 => 5 x 100 2 x 101 1 x 102 = 5 = 20 = 100 125
Base
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Binary to Decimal
Decimal Octal
Binary
Hexadecimal
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Binary to Decimal
 Technique
 Multiply each bit by 2n, where n is the weight of the bit  The weight is the position of the bit, starting from 0 on the right  Add the results
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Example
Bit 0 1010112 => 1 1 0 1 0 1 x x x x x x 20 21 22 23 24 25 = = = = = = 1 2 0 8 0 32 4310
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Octal to Decimal
Decimal Octal
Binary
Hexadecimal
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Octal to Decimal
 Technique
 Multiply each bit by 8n, where n is the weight of the bit  The weight is the position of the bit, starting from 0 on the right  Add the results
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Example
7248 =>
4 x 80 = 2 x 81 = 7 x 82 =
4 16 448 46810
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Hexadecimal to Decimal
Decimal Octal
Binary
Hexadecimal
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Hexadecimal to Decimal
 Technique
 Multiply each bit by 16n, where n is the weight of the bit  The weight is the position of the bit, starting from 0 on the right  Add the results
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Example
ABC16 =>
C x 160 = 12 x 1 = 12 B x 161 = 11 x 16 = 176 A x 162 = 10 x 256 = 2560 274810
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Decimal to Binary
Decimal Octal
Binary
Hexadecimal
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Decimal to Binary
 Technique
 Divide by two, keep track of the remainder  First remainder is bit 0 (LSB, least-significant bit)  Second remainder is bit 1  Etc.
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Example
12510 = ?2 2 125 2 62 2 31 2 15 7 2 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
12510 = 11111012
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Octal to Binary
Decimal Octal
Binary
Hexadecimal
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Octal to Binary
 Technique
 Convert each octal digit to a 3-bit equivalent binary representation
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Example
7058 = ?2
111 000 101
7058 = 1110001012
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Hexadecimal to Binary
Decimal Octal
Binary
Hexadecimal
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Hexadecimal to Binary
 Technique
 Convert each hexadecimal digit to a 4-bit equivalent binary representation
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Example
10AF16 = ?2
0001 0000 1010 1111
10AF16 = 00010000101011112
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Decimal to Octal
Decimal Octal
Binary
Hexadecimal
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Decimal to Octal
 Technique
 Divide by 8  Keep track of the remainder
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Example
123410 = ?8
8 8 8 8
1234 154 19 2 0
2 2 3 2
123410 = 23228
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Decimal to Hexadecimal
Decimal Octal
Binary
Hexadecimal
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Decimal to Hexadecimal
 Technique
 Divide by 16  Keep track of the remainder
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123410 = ?16
16 16 16
1234 77 4 0
2 13 = D 4
123410 = 4D216
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Binary to Octal
Decimal Octal
Binary
Hexadecimal
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Binary to Octal
 Technique
 Group bits in threes, starting on right  Convert to octal digits
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Example
10110101112 = ?8
1 011 010 111
10110101112 = 13278
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Binary to Hexadecimal
Decimal Octal
Binary
Hexadecimal
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Binary to Hexadecimal
 Technique
 Group bits in fours, starting on right  Convert to hexadecimal digits
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Example
10101110112 = ?16
10 1011 1011
10101110112 = 2BB16
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Octal to Hexadecimal
Decimal Octal
Binary
Hexadecimal
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Octal to Hexadecimal
 Technique
 Use binary as an intermediary
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Example
10768 = ?16 1 0 7 6
001
2
000
3
111
110
E
10768 = 23E16
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Hexadecimal to Octal
Decimal Octal
Binary
Hexadecimal
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Hexadecimal to Octal
 Technique
 Use binary as an intermediary
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Example
1F0C16 = ?8 1 F 0 C
0001
1
1111
7 4
0000
1
1100
4
1F0C16 = 174148
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Exercise  Convert ...
Decimal 33 Binary 1110101 Octal
Hexadecimal
703
1AF
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Exercise  Convert 
Answer
Decimal 33 117
Binary 100001 1110101
Octal 41 165
Hexadecimal
21 75
451
431
111000011
110101111
703
657
1C3
1AF
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Common Powers (1 of 2)
 Base 10
Power
10-12 10-9 10-6 10-3 103
Preface pico nano micro milli kilo
Symbol p n  m k
Value .000000000001 .000000001 .000001 .001 1000
106
109 1012
mega
giga tera
M
G T
1000000
1000000000 1000000000000
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Common Powers (2 of 2)
 Base 2
Power
210 220 230
Preface kilo mega Giga
Symbol k M G
Value 1024 1048576 1073741824
 What is the value of k, M, and G?  In computing, particularly w.r.t. memory, the base-2 interpretation generally applies
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Example
In the lab 1. Double click on My Computer 2. Right click on C: 3. Click on Properties
/ 230 =
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Exercise  Free Space
 Determine the free space on all drives on a machine in the lab
Free space
Drive A: C: D: E: etc.
Bytes
GB
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Review  multiplying powers
 For common bases, add powers
ab  ac = ab+c
26  210 = 216 = 65,536
or
26  210 = 64  210 = 64k
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Binary Addition (1 of 2)
 Two 1-bit values
A 0 0 1 1 B 0 1 0 1 A+B 0 1 1 10
two
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Binary Addition (2 of 2)
 Two n-bit values
 Add individual bits  Propagate carries  E.g., 10101 + 11001 101110
1 1
21 + 25 46
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Multiplication (1 of 3)
 Decimal (just for fun)
35 x 105 175 000 35 3675
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Multiplication (2 of 3)
 Binary, two 1-bit values
A 0 0 1 1 B 0 1 0 1 AB 0 0 0 1
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Multiplication (3 of 3)
 Binary, two n-bit values
 As with decimal values  E.g., 1110 x 1011 1110 1110 0000 1110 10011010
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Fractions
 Decimal to decimal (just for fun)
3.14 =>
4 x 10-2 = 0.04 1 x 10-1 = 0.1 3 x 100 = 3 3.14
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Fractions
 Binary to decimal
10.1011 => 1 1 0 1 0 1 x x x x x x 2-4 2-3 2-2 2-1 20 21 = = = = = = 0.0625 0.125 0.0 0.5 0.0 2.0 2.6875
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Fractions
 Decimal to binary
3.14579
.14579 x 2 0.29158 x 2 0.58316 x 2 1.16632 x 2 0.33264 x 2 0.66528 x 2 1.33056 etc. p. 50 ITEC 1011
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Hexadecimal
Decimal 29.8
Binary
101.1101
Octal
3.07 C.82
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