Subject: Mathematics

Grade: Seven
Date: November 16, 2021
Topic: Number Bases
A number base is the number of digits or combination of digits that a system of counting uses
to represent numbers. A base can be any whole number greater than 0. The most commonly
used number system is the decimal system, commonly known as base 10. Binary is the most
commonly used non-base 10 system.

Example 2

Convert 9610 to base 3

Divisor Dividend Remainder

3 96 0
3 32 2
3 10 1
3 3 0
3 1 1
3

Answer =101203

21=2
22=2x2=4
23=2x2x2=8 2x3=6
24=2x2x2x2=16
 CONVERTING FROM BASE 2 TO BASE 10

TRY THIS QUESTION Convert 11102 to base 10

1 1 1 0
3 2 1 0
2 =8 2 =4 2 =2 2 =1
1x8=8 1x4=4 1x2=2 0x1=0

=8+4+2+0 TRY THIS QUESTION Convert 1100112 to base 10

=1410

LET PROVE OUR ANSWER

Divisor Dividend Remainder

2 14 0
2 7 1
2 3 1
2 1 1
=11102

Example 2

Convert 11710 to base 2

Divisor Dividend Remainder

2 117 1
2 58 0
2 29 1
2 14 0
2 7 1
2 3 1
2 1 1
Answer =1110101 2

Example 3

Convert 10210 to base 2

Divisor Dividend Remainder

2 102 0
2 51 1
2 25 1
2 12 0
2 6 0
2 3 1
2 1 1

Answer =1100110 2

TRY THIS QUESTION Convert 9510 to base 2

Divisor Dividend Remainder

2 95 1
2 47 1
2 23 1
2 11 1
2 5 1
2 2 0
2 1 1
= 10111112

Home work

Instruction: Convert the following base 10 numbers to base 2

1. 5610
2. 21810
3. 97810
4. 1002410
5. 51310
6. 1210
7. 1410
8. 7910
9. 620310
10.711110

5610

2 56 0
2 28 0
2 14 0
2 7 1
2 3 1
2 1 1

=111000 2

218

2 218
2 109 0
2 54 1
2 27 0
2 13 1
2 6 1
2 3 0
2 1 1
 0 1
=110110102

978

2 978
2 489 0
2 244 1
2 122 0
2 61 0
2 30 1
2 15 0
2 7 1
2 3 1
2 1 1
0 1
=11110100102

10024

2 10024
2 5012 0
2 2506 0
2 1253 0
2 626 1
2 313 0
2 156 1
2 78 0
2 39 0
2 19 1
2 9 1
2 4 1
2 2 0
2 1 0
0 1
= 100111001010002
 Converting from base 2 to base 10

Example

110002

1 1 1 0 0 0
25 24 23 22 21 20
2X2X2X2X2=32 2X2X2X2=16 2X2X2=8

=32+16+8

=5610

Example
Convert 110110102 to base 10

1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20

= 128 + 64+ 16+ 8+ 2

=21810

Example
Convert 10001112 to base 10

1 0 0 0 1 1 1
26 25 24 23 22 21 20

= 64 + 4 + 2 + 1

= 7110
Convert from base 10 to base 3

Example

1410

3 14
3 4 2
3 1 1
0 1

= 112
3

Example

9810

3 98
3 32 1
3 10 2
3 3 1
3 1 1
0

=1121
3
 Home Work

Convert these numbers according to their bases

1. 9010 to Base 2
2. 35010 to base 3
3. 5410 to base 3
4. 110011102 to base 10
5. 1111112 to base 10
6. 0000110112 to base 10
7. 121123 to base 10
8. 2211123 to base 10
9. 2110 to base 2
10. 11001100112 to base 10

9010 to Base 2

2 90
2 45 0
2 22 1
2 11 0
2 5 1
2 2 1
2 1 0
0 1

=10110102
35010 to base 3

3 350
3 116 2
3 38 2
3 12 2
3 4 0
3 1 1
0 1

= 1102223

5410 to base 3

3 54
3 18 0
3 6 0
3 2 0
3 0 2

= 20003
110011102 to base 10

1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20

= 1 (27) + 1(26 )+ 1(23 )+ 1(22 )+ 1(21)

=128 + 64 + 8 + 4 + 2

= 20610
 1111112 to base 10

1 1 1 1 1 1
25 24 23 22 21 20

= 1 (25) + 1(24 )+ 1(23 )+ 1(22 )+ 1(21) + 1(20)

=32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1

= 6310

2211123 to base 10

2 2 1 1 1 2
35 34 33 32 31 30

= 2 (35) + 2 (34) + 1 (33) + 1 (32) + 1 (31) + 2 (30)

= 2(243) +2(81) +1(27) + 1(9) + 1(3) + 2 (1)

= 486 +162 + 27+9+3+2

= 68910