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Digital Literacy Computer Basics Computer Basics Binary

is there a simple way of remembering binary values? I'm having trouble making it stick. :/

Ok so i am starting out with treehouse and in one of the videos it speaks of binary. The rest of the videos have been no problem but when it comes to this it doesn't seem to stick, is there an easy way to remember this that i'm missing? (TIA)

2 Answers

I would advise having a look online for basic resources like this one. https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z26rcdm/revision/4

At the start one of the things I found best to do is get a pen and a piece of paper and work through it. One of the ways that I learned binary was actually finding binary maths questions online and then sitting down and working through them on a piece of paper. If thats a bit complicated you could first look at picking a random number and converting it to binary or coming up with some binary and attempting to convert that into a number.

thankyou ill take a look at that :))))

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
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I'll just add that I don't think it's all that important that you're able to convert binary numbers easily. Depending on the kind of programming you're interested in doing, you might find that you never have to use them. An understanding of what they are is enough, in my opinion. Especially if you are just starting out. You can always revisit them later. If you are determined to get more comfortable with them now though, Jake's answer covers that nicely.

thankyou :)