How To Read Binary 8 Steps With Pictures

0 × 20 = 0 1 × 21 = 2 0 × 22 = 0 1 × 23 = 8 0 × 24 = 0 1 × 25 = 32 Total = 42

101= (1X2) power of 2 + (0X2) power of 1 + (1X2) power 0 101= (2X2) + (0X0) + (1) 101= 4 + 0 + 1 101= 5 The ‘zero’ is not a number, but its place value must be noted.

So, in this example, add 2, 8, and 32. The result is 42. There is a ’no’ on 1, a ‘yes’ on 2, a ’no’ on 4, a ‘yes’ on 8, a ’no’ on 16, a ‘yes’ on 32, a ’no’ on 64 and a ’no’ on 128. “Yes” means to add, “no” is to skip. You can stop at the last one-digit.

In punctuation marks, the 42 equals an asterisk (*). Click here for a chart.