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Decimal to Binary Conversion

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Main ideas / concepts taught

  • The lecture explains how to convert decimal numbers to binary, first for integers, then for decimals with fractional parts.
  • It presents two methods for converting decimal → binary:
    1. Positional-weight/subtraction method (not preferred)
    2. Division/multiplication method (most preferred)

Method 1: Positional weights (not preferred)

Bit positions and weights

A binary number can be represented as bits B0, B1, B2, B3, …, where each position has a weight:

  • Position 0: (2^0 = 1)
  • Position 1: (2^1 = 2)
  • Position 2: (2^2 = 4)
  • Position 3: (2^3 = 8)

Procedure

  • Choose the largest power of 2 that is ≤ the decimal number.
  • Subtract it from the number.
  • Continue with the next lower powers of 2.
  • Determine each bit based on whether that power of 2 is included.

Example: Convert 13

  • (13 = 8 + 4 + 1)
  • Therefore:
    • (B0) corresponds to (1) → 1
    • (B1) corresponds to (2) → 0
    • (B2) corresponds to (4) → 1
    • (B3) corresponds to (8) → 1
  • Binary result (as stated): 1101

Limitation: This method is explicitly described as not preferred compared to Method 2.

Method 2: Division by 2 + remainder (preferred)

A) Integer part conversion

Procedure (decimal integer → binary)

  • Repeat until the quotient becomes 0:
    • Divide the current integer by 2
    • Record the remainder (0 or 1)
    • Set the quotient as the new dividend
  • The lecture emphasizes that the binary digits come from the remainders, but you must:
    • Read remainders from bottom to top
    • The last remainder corresponds to the MSB (most significant bit)

Example: Convert 13

  • (13 \div 2 = 6) remainder 1
  • (6 \div 2 = 3) remainder 0
  • (3 \div 2 = 1) remainder 1
  • (1 \div 2 = 0) remainder 1

Remainders recorded: 1, 0, 1, 1 Read bottom to top → 1101

Bit significance clarification

  • MSB = leftmost bit
  • LSB = rightmost bit
  • For 13, the MSB is the leftmost bit of 1101, not the rightmost.

B) Fractional part conversion

Procedure (fraction → binary)

  • Separate the decimal number into:
    • Integer part
    • Fractional part
  • Convert the fractional part by repeating:
    • Multiply the fractional part by 2
    • Take the integer part of the result (0 or 1) as the next binary bit
    • Keep the remaining fractional part for the next step
  • Bit reading order for fractional parts:
    • Read from top to bottom (unlike the integer-part remainder reading)

Example: Convert 25.625

  • Integer part = 25
  • Fractional part = 0.625
Integer part (25 → binary)
  • Using the integer-division method, the lecture states:
    • Binary for 25: 11001
Fractional part (0.625 → binary fraction bits)

Multiply the fractional part by 2 repeatedly:

  • (0.625 \times 2 = 1.25) → take integer part 1, keep fractional 0.25
  • (0.25 \times 2 = 0.50) → take integer part 0, keep fractional 0.50
  • (0.50 \times 2 = 1.0) → take integer part 1, fractional becomes 0

After that, multiplying by 2 continues yielding zeros, and the lecture notes that trailing zeros can be treated as not changing the effective representation.

Combined result (as stated)
  • The lecture gives the combined binary form for 25.625 as:
    • 11001101
    • (spoken as “1 1 0110 1”, i.e., 11001101)

Explicit rules emphasized

  • Integer part: use division by 2, and read remainders bottom to top.
  • Fractional part: use multiplication by 2, and read integer parts of products top to bottom.

Homework / tasks assigned

Convert and submit:

  • 67 (decimal) → binary
  • 29.75 (decimal) → binary

The speaker says to post answers in the comment section.

Speakers / sources featured

  • No named speakers or external sources are identified in the subtitles; the instructor is implied but not explicitly named.

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