Binary Arithmetic
Binary Addition
Binary Addition
Let's look at how we add two numbers together using the decimal system:
When we fill a column we carry the number to the next column.
Look at how we add two numbers together using the binary system:
Just like in the Decimal system, when we fill a column we carry the number to the next column, the only difference is that the only digit we can carry is a 1!
The binary system is important to understand when thinking about computers because they can only process data in the binary format, i.e. 0s and 1s!