Binary Coded Decimal(BCD)

    

BINARY CODED          DECIMAL(BCD)

i)In this code each decimal digit is represented by a 4 bit binary number.

ii)The smallest digit in BCD is(0000) i.e.0 and the largest one is (1001) i.e.9. 

iii)The next number to 9 will be (10)in decimal which is expressed as (0001 0000) in BCD.

 

Decimal Number	Binary Number	Binary Coded Decimal(BCD)
0	0000	0000
1	0001	0001
2	0010	0010
3	0011	0011
4	0100	0100
5	0101	0101
6	0110	0110
7	0111	0111
8	1000	1000
9	1001	1001
10	1010	0001 0000
11	1011	0001 0001
12	1100	0001 0010
13	1101	0001 0011
14	1110	0001 0100
15	1111	0001 0101