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Digital Literacy Computer Basics Computer Basics Binary

Posted by Teresa Watkins
Teresa Watkins
Courses Plus Student 80 Points

I am not understanding the count.

I don't understand the question.

2 Answers

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points
jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

What they would like you to do in each question is convert the binary number to a decimal number. Each position of a binary number is a power of 2. So 0001 is 2^0, or 1. 0010 is 2^1, or 2. 0010 is 2^2, or 4, 1000 is 2^3, or 8. Putting those values together in different ways gives all the values between 0 and 8. E.g., 1010 is 2^3 + 2^1, or 10.

lambda
lambda
12,556 Points
lambda
lambda
12,556 Points

The question is

What number is represented by the byte 00000001?

00000001 is a binary number. Binary means it is in base 2. The question is asking you to convert that number into a decimal number (base 10).

For Example:
00010000 is 16
00001110 is 14 
10000000 is 128

For more details on how to convert from binary (base 2) to decimal (base 10), you can review the video.