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Alternative Numbering Systems a 65

IO3 = Thousands column
F Hundredscolurnn -I-
. :. . I
D.
=
10,

3234 = (3 103) + (2 102) + (3 x 101) + (4 x 100)
= 3000 + 200 + 30 + 4
= 3234

Figure 7-1 Sa. Using powers to represent column weights in decimal

Z3 = Eights column
2' = Fourscolumn
2' = TWOS cOlUmfl
2' = Onescolumn

Figure 7-1 8b. Using powers to represent column weights in binary

1
column
ninety-sixes
162 = Two hundred
fifty-sixes coI umn
16 = 5ixteens column
16' = Ones column 1

Figure 7-1 8c. Using powers to represent column weights in hexadecimal