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Adding Binary Numbers

Binary numbers use only 0s and 1s to represent values. Computers use binary to store and process data. There are four basic rules for adding binary digits: 0 + 0 = 0; 0 + 1 = 1; 1 + 0 = 1; 1 + 1 = 10 with a carry of 1. To add binary numbers, the digits are added based on these rules from right to left and carries are propagated to the left. Examples show adding two 4-bit binary numbers and calculating the sum.

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Adding Binary Numbers

Binary numbers use only 0s and 1s to represent values. Computers use binary to store and process data. There are four basic rules for adding binary digits: 0 + 0 = 0; 0 + 1 = 1; 1 + 0 = 1; 1 + 1 = 10 with a carry of 1. To add binary numbers, the digits are added based on these rules from right to left and carries are propagated to the left. Examples show adding two 4-bit binary numbers and calculating the sum.

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ADDING BINARY NUMBERS

Binary numbers: a number system that uses only two digits (0 and 1) to represent all values.
Importance of binary numbers in computing: computers use binary numbers to store and process data.
Examples of binary numbers: 1010, 1101, 0110
Examples of their decimal equivalents: 1010 = 10, 1101 = 13, 0110 = 6

The Binary Addition Process


 A process of adding two binary numbers to get their sum.

 Bit: a single digit in a binary number (either 0 or 1)


 Digit: a group of bits in a binary number (usually 4 or 8 bits)
 Carry: a value of 1 that is added to the next digit when the sum of two bits in the same
column is 2 or more
 Overflow: an error that occurs when the sum of two binary numbers is too large to be
represented by the available number of digits
Binary Addition
The four basic rules for adding binary digits (bits) are as follows:
0 + 0 = 0 Sum of 0 with a carry of 0
0 + 1 = 1 Sum of 1 with a carry of 0
1 + 0 = 1 Sum of 1 with a carry of 0
1 + 1 = 10 Sum of 0 with a carry of 1

Example problem#1: Add these two binary numbers (11 + 1)

Solution:

Example problem#2: Add these two binary numbers (111 + 11)

Solution:
Exercises
Add the following binary numbers base on the given problems.

1.) 1110 2.) 1111 3.) 101010 4.) 111011


+ 1101 + 1001 + 111010 + 100111

Solution:
1 1
1 1 1 0
+ 1 1 0 1
=1 1 0 1 1

5.) 1011001 6.) 1011 7. 1101 8.) 11110011


+ 1011101 + 1111 + 1001 + 10110111
+ 10111101

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