Base-10
Example #1 - Decimal (Base-10) numbers:
- The familiar 10-digit (0, 1, 2, . . . 9) number system is used everywhere everyday.
- Base-10 numbers or decimal numbers are expressed in positional notation.
- In Decimal Notation, digit values (column values) represent powers of 10.
- Any one of the ten digits, 0, 1, 2, . . . 9, may occupy any position indicating how many of each digit value are being represented.
- In a 4 digit pattern such as the number 2706 the column positions have these values:
|
Position Value: |
103 |
102 |
101 |
100 |
|
Digit Value: |
1000s |
100s |
10s |
1s |
|
Decimal Number: |
2 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
- So, the parsed unsigned decimal number 2706 = (2x1000) + (7x100) + (0x10) + (6x1).
- In other words there are "two thousand, seven hundred, zero ten and six ones" represented.