L5, Decimal System, Understanding Number System, package q10852

In computers we normally use four different numbering systems - Decimal, Binary, Octal and Hexadecimal.

Decimal is a number system which we humans normally use in our day-to-day transactions with currency, with counting etc. In this system we use the symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 to denote various numbers.

In a Binary number system we use 0's (zeros) and 1's (ones) as the only symbols to represent numbers of all magnitudes (sizes). For example, a normal decimal number 3 (three), will be represented in a binary as 11. We will learn more about it in the later sections.

Binary system is mostly using in computers and other computing devices.

A number in a particular base is written as (Number)base of number, for example (34)10 is a decimal number (Thirty Four) and (11)2 is a binary number 11 (we will read it as One One and not Eleven) which actual represents a decimal number whose value is 3.

Since we normally use the decimal number system the decimal number (124)10 is simply written as 124. However, if we want to represent a binary One Zero One, we will write it as 1012.

Similarly we have octal number system which uses 8 as the base. It is usually used in digital displays and in representing file permissions under UNIX/Linux operating systems.

Hexadecimal or Hex is a number system that uses 16 as the base to represent numbers. We will learn more about octal and hexadecimal in the later sections.

Select all the correct statements given below. 

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A number system that uses only two digits, 0 and 1 is called the Binary number system.

The ten decimal digits are from 1 to 10.

The two symbols 0 and 1 are known as bits in a binary system.

An octal system base is 8.