Example 3.2 The unsigned binary number system is analogous to our familiar decimal system.

FIGURE 3.3 shows the place values for 58,036 (dec). The figure 58,036 represents six 1’s, three 10’s, no 100’s, eight 1000’s, and five 10,000’s. Starting with the 1’s place from the right, each place value is 10 times greater than the previous place value. In binary, each place value is 2 times greater than the previous place value