How to Read Binary
Find your number., Read from right to left., Add the values of the ones., Translate the value into letters or punctuation marks.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Find your number.
The example we'll use is
00101010. , With each slot, the values are doubled.
The first digit from the right has a value of 1, the second is a 2, then a 4, and so on. , The zeros are assigned their correlating number, but those numbers are not added.
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 addition, you can convert numbers from binary to decimal or convert from decimal to binary.
In punctuation marks, the 42 equals an asterisk (*).
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Step 2: Read from right to left.
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Step 3: Add the values of the ones.
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Step 4: Translate the value into letters or punctuation marks.
Detailed Guide
The example we'll use is
00101010. , With each slot, the values are doubled.
The first digit from the right has a value of 1, the second is a 2, then a 4, and so on. , The zeros are assigned their correlating number, but those numbers are not added.
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 addition, you can convert numbers from binary to decimal or convert from decimal to binary.
In punctuation marks, the 42 equals an asterisk (*).
Click here for a chart.
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