CHAPTER 1 : NUMBER BASES

Stating numbers in base two,eight and five

(a) Numbers in :
Base two use only two digits , 0 , 1.
Base eight use only eight digits,1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7.
Base five use only five digits 0,1,2,3 and 4.
 (b) Zero ,one, two, three, ... in base two , eight and
five are written as follows .

Base10 Base8 Base5 Base2

0 08 05 02
1 18 15 12
2 28 25 102
3 38 35 112
4 48 45 1002
5 58 105 1012
6 68 115 1102
7 78 125 1112
8 108 135 10002
9 118 145 10012

Converting numbers in base two,eight and five to numbers

in base ten and vice versa
B2 B10
SMART TIPS
102
STEP 1
SEPRATE INTO DIGITS
1 0 2

STEP 2
DRAW A TABLE
21 20
1 0 STEP 3
FILL THE COLUMNS WITH
2 INDICES

STEP 4

1 0
X AND + THE VALUES
(1X2 )+(0X2 )
=2+0
=2#

TRY
172 d.
a. 1010
5 c.
b. 1101 13 b.

10 a.

ANSWER
c. 101
d. 10101100
e. 11010
f. 1111111

B8 B10
B5 B10

1408
435

1 4 05
4 35

Indices always
start from 0

51 50 82 81 80
4 3 The numbers
1 4 0
follow e base
of the value
8
5

(82X1)+(81X4)+(80X0)

(51X4)+(50X3) =64+32+0

=20+3 =96#
=23#

TRY 511 e.

52 d.
a. 3415 23 c.

b. 13425
222 b.

96 a.

c. 435 ANSWER

d. 648
e. 7778
f. 1318

B10 B2
SMART TIPS
210
To change numbers from
base 10 to base 8;5; or
2 2 2 ,use the Algorythm
method.
The remainders of the
numbers are important
and should be readen
from down to up to know
2 1 . r=0

0 . r=1

Therefore answer is
102 #

B10 B5

B10 B8
2310

9610

5 23
8 96
5 4 r=3
8 12 ..r=0
0 r=4

8 1 ..r=4

Therefore answer is 0 ..r=1

435 #

Therefore answer is
1408 #
 Writing numbers in base two, eight and five in
expanded notation

A number in base two,eight or five can be written in

expanded notation according to the corresponding place
value of each digit.

Step 1 :
Place value of a digit of a number in base two,eight
and five are given in the table below.

a) The value of a digit of a number in base two,eight or five

is determined as follows.