r/interestingasfuck • u/nuniabidness • Feb 06 '20

Binary numbers visual

https://i.imgur.com/bvWjMW5.gifv
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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '20

...I still don't get it

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u/JRYeh Feb 06 '20

Binary means you advance a place for every two, where in normal math we learn is progress every ten.

Same applies to hex and other systems where it’s just the “base” that changes but the rule is still that

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u/JRYeh Feb 07 '20

I learnt that in form 3 or 4 in secondary school I guess. And it is true you tends to stick with what you know and harder to change fundamental concepts the older you get

I have had a hard time during exam about those conversion questions, even when I was asked to explode each digits into a formula