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What a number base tells you

What a number base tells you

Place-value rows for decimal, binary and hexadecimal, with hexadecimal digits mapping to 4-bit binary nibbles

A number base tells you how many digit symbols you can use before you carry into the next column. Decimal uses 10 symbols, binary uses 2 symbols, and hexadecimal uses 16 symbols.

Number bases Lesson

  1. AS Level
  2. /Computer Science
  3. /Number bases

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