To find the square root of a binary number, you can follow these steps:
1. Split the binary number into groups of two starting from the right side, and add a leading zero if the number of digits is odd. For example, if the binary number is 10111010, group it as 10 11 10 10.
2. Write down the largest decimal number (0-3 for two binary digits, 0-15 for four binary digits, and so on) whose square is less than or equal to the first group. In this example, the first group is 10, and the largest decimal number whose square is less than or equal to it is 3.
3. Subtract this squared decimal number from the first group and write down the result. In this case, 10 minus 3 squared (which is 9) gives 1.
4. Bring down the next group and write it alongside the result from step 3. In this example, the next group is 11 and the result is 1, so we have 111.
5. Double the value of the result from step 3, and write down the largest decimal number whose product with this doubled result is less than or equal to the number obtained in step 4. In this case, double of 1 is 2, and the largest decimal number whose product with 2 is less than or equal to 111 is 3.
6. Subtract this product from the current number, and write down the remainder. In this case, 2 times 3 is 6, so subtracting 6 from 111 gives 3.
7. Repeat steps 4-6 until you have gone through all the groups. In this example, the next group is 10 and the result is 33. Double of 33 is 66, and the largest decimal number whose product with 66 is less than or equal to 1010 is 3. Subtracting 198 (3 times 66) from 1010 gives 46.
8. The final result is the combination of all the decimal numbers obtained in step 3 and step 6. In this example, the final result is 3313, meaning that the square root of 10111010 in binary is 3313 in decimal.
You can understand this process more easily by practicing with the following examples:
1. Binary number: 101
- Grouped binary number: 001 01
- Square root: 01
- Remainder: 01
- Final result: 01
- Square root in decimal: 1
2. Binary number: 1010
- Grouped binary number: 10 10
- Square root: 10
- Remainder: 10
- Final result: 10
- Square root in decimal: 2
3. Binary number: 1111
- Grouped binary number: 11 11
- Square root: 11
- Remainder: 00
- Bring down next group: 00 00
- Double of previous result: 22
- Largest decimal number whose product with 22 is less than or equal to 0000: 0
- Remainder: 00
- Final result: 110
- Square root in decimal: 6
4. Binary number: 10000
- Grouped binary number: 10 00 0
- Square root: 10
- Remainder: 00
- Bring down next group: 00 00 0
- Double of previous result: 20
- Largest decimal number whose product with 20 is less than or equal to 0000: 0
- Remainder: 00
- Bring down next group: 00
- Double of previous result: 40
- Largest decimal number whose product with 40 is less than or equal to 0000: 2
- Remainder: 00
- Final result: 100
- Square root in decimal: 4
5. Binary number: 110010
- Grouped binary number: 11 00 10
- Square root: 11
- Remainder: 10
- Bring down next group: 10 00
- Double of previous result: 32
- Largest decimal number whose product with 32 is less than or equal to 1000: 3
- Remainder: 004
- Bring down next group: 004
- Double of previous result: 68
- Largest decimal number whose product with 68 is less than or equal to 0004: 0
- Remainder: 004
- Final result: 1100
- Square root in decimal: 12
Remember to practice and verify each step to become familiar with the process of finding the square root of binary numbers.
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