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Number systems and Roman numerals

Computers count in 0 and 1, and clock faces and chapters use Roman numerals. Convert both ways and see how place value works.

Your numbers

The number is written in

Answer

Decimal system

2,026

Binary (2)

11111101010

Hexadecimal (16)

7EA

Octal (8)

3752

Roman numerals

MMXXVI

How to work it out

  1. 12026 : 2 = 1013 remainder 0
  2. 21013 : 2 = 506 remainder 1
  3. 3506 : 2 = 253 remainder 0
  4. 4253 : 2 = 126 remainder 1
  5. 5126 : 2 = 63 remainder 0
  6. 663 : 2 = 31 remainder 1
  7. 731 : 2 = 15 remainder 1
  8. 815 : 2 = 7 remainder 1
  9. 97 : 2 = 3 remainder 1
  10. 103 : 2 = 1 remainder 1
  11. 111 : 2 = 0 remainder 1
  12. 12Read the remainders from the bottom up: 11111101010

The formula

1101₂ = 1·8 + 1·4 + 0·2 + 1·1 = 13

Each place is the base times bigger than the place to its right.

I=1 · V=5 · X=10 · L=50 · C=100 · D=500 · M=1000

Roman numerals: if a smaller symbol stands before a larger one, it is subtracted (IV = 4, XC = 90).

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