how is the decimal number 0 represented in binary?
The decimal number 0 is represented in binary simply as 0.
Quick Scoop
- In any positional number system (decimal, binary, hex), zero is written as a single 0 digit when the value itself is zero.
- So:
- Decimal 0 → Binary 0
- If you need to show it in a fixed number of bits, you just pad with leading zeros, for example:
- 4-bit: 0000
- 8-bit: 00000000
- 16-bit: 0000000000000000
In short: decimal 0 in binary is 0 (or 0000... with as many leading zeros as your format uses).
TL;DR: The decimal number 0 is represented in binary as 0.