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Checking Binary to Decimal

Checking Binary to Decimal, Converting Binary to Decimal

jpconleyiv	6 Sep, 2009 - 04:11 PM Post #1
D.I.C Head Joined: 9 Mar, 2009 Posts: 88 Thanked: 4 times My Contributions	Hey guys and gals!! I would just like some of you to double check my work if you dont mind. Thanks in advance for checking this out!! 11001 = 273 1100.1001 = 15.10 I just need reassurance that I am doing this correctly or not. Thanks again everyone!!!
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Neumann	RE: Checking Binary To Decimal 6 Sep, 2009 - 04:20 PM Post #2
I can judge a book by its cover Joined: 8 Jul, 2009 Posts: 686 Thanked: 93 times Dream Kudos: 225 My Contributions	11001 = 25 (2^4 + 2^3 + 2^0) 1100.1001 = 12.5625 (2^3 + 2^2 + 2^-1 + 2^-4)
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jpconleyiv	RE: Checking Binary To Decimal 6 Sep, 2009 - 05:00 PM Post #3
D.I.C Head Joined: 9 Mar, 2009 Posts: 88 Thanked: 4 times My Contributions	QUOTE(Neumann @ 6 Sep, 2009 - 04:20 PM) 11001 = 25 (2^4 + 2^3 + 2^0) 1100.1001 = 12.5625 (2^3 + 2^2 + 2^-1 + 2^-4) I see what I did wrong now. Thanks!! I am just a little confused to the .5625. I get 12.14 I take -2 +16. Thanks again
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Neumann	RE: Checking Binary To Decimal 6 Sep, 2009 - 05:10 PM Post #4
I can judge a book by its cover Joined: 8 Jul, 2009 Posts: 686 Thanked: 93 times Dream Kudos: 225 My Contributions	2^-1 = 1/2 2^-4 = 1/16 2^-1 + 2^-4 = 1/2 + 1/16 = 0.5625
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jpconleyiv	RE: Checking Binary To Decimal 6 Sep, 2009 - 05:14 PM Post #5
D.I.C Head Joined: 9 Mar, 2009 Posts: 88 Thanked: 4 times My Contributions	AHHH... I see now!!! Thanks I really appreciate it!!!!
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Neumann	RE: Checking Binary To Decimal 6 Sep, 2009 - 05:20 PM Post #6
I can judge a book by its cover Joined: 8 Jul, 2009 Posts: 686 Thanked: 93 times Dream Kudos: 225 My Contributions	No problem!
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SexySquirrel	RE: Checking Binary To Decimal 10 Sep, 2009 - 05:16 PM Post #7
D.I.C Head Joined: 30 Aug, 2009 Posts: 54 My Contributions	What does the " ^ " simbol represent?
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Neumann	RE: Checking Binary To Decimal 10 Sep, 2009 - 05:34 PM Post #8
I can judge a book by its cover Joined: 8 Jul, 2009 Posts: 686 Thanked: 93 times Dream Kudos: 225 My Contributions	"^" is a common way of denoting an exponent of a number. So if I want to represent 2 to the fifth power I would write 2^5.
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calvinthedestroyer	RE: Checking Binary To Decimal 3 Nov, 2009 - 09:06 PM Post #9
D.I.C Regular Joined: 13 Oct, 2007 Posts: 287 Thanked: 3 times Expert In: QBasic, Legos My Contributions	I wrote a sub routine in QBasic to convert bin to dec. It works pretty good. I learned how to do it from my college math book.
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KeyboardKowboy	RE: Checking Binary To Decimal 4 Nov, 2009 - 05:51 AM Post #10
D.I.C Head Joined: 15 Dec, 2008 Posts: 89 Thanked: 10 times My Contributions	You can always use the calculator program within Windows to check your binary and decimal math. Simply change the calculator to run in Scientific mode, make sure you are set to DEC, type in a decimal number, then click the BIN radio button and your decimal will convert to it's respected Binary number. This also works in reverse. Again, it's an easy way to double check your work.
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