The question is how does the decimal handle the problem of numbers greater than 9, and can binary use the same idea? The first 11 powers of 2 are the most important because the values of 2 n are named...The question is how does the decimal handle the problem of numbers greater than 9, and can binary use the same idea? The first 11 powers of 2 are the most important because the values of 2 n are named when n is a decimal number evenly dividable by 10. Using these names and the values of 2 n from 0-9, it is possible to name all of the binary numbers easily as illustrated below.
