COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

DATA REPRESENTATION AND NUMBER SYSTEMS

BINARY OCTAL DECIMAL AND HEXADECIMAL NUMBER SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Octal Numbering System have a range of “8” digits which is ____
A
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
B
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
C
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
D
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is 0 to 7. Octal Number System: The octal number system has only eight (8) digits from 0 to 7. Every number (value) represents with 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 in this number system. The base of the octal number system is 8 because it has only 8 digits.

Detailed explanation-2: -The octal number system is a number system of base 8 which means that 8 different symbols are needed to represent any number in the octal system. The symbols are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.

Detailed explanation-3: -Octal Number System is one the type of Number Representation techniques, in which there value of base is 8. That means there are only 8 symbols or possible digit values, there are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. It requires only 3 bits to represent value of any digit.

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