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Digital Literacy Computer Basics Computer Basics Binary

Posted by Mike Hodgson
Mike Hodgson
811 Points

understanding binary

I can't get my head around the binary tutorial - is there a different lesson?

3 Answers

Craig Garner
Craig Garner
25,732 Points
Craig Garner
Craig Garner
25,732 Points 
It is like this
Think of these as placeholders
128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
  0  0  1  0 1 0 0 0
Then add the values over the 1's = 40
Again
128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
  0  1  0  0 0 0 0 1
Add the values = 65
Micah Courey
Micah Courey
20,168 Points
Micah Courey
Micah Courey
20,168 Points

Yeah the link that Michael posted explains it very well.

Phil Pickering
Phil Pickering
49 Points
Phil Pickering
Phil Pickering
49 Points

Here's a video from Khan Academy that might help you too:

https://youtu.be/ku4KOFQ-bB4