Reply #22: The "places" for bases work like this...

[Richardo]

Base 10: Each "place" is 10 times bigger than the one to its right:

Ones = 1's
Tens = 10 x 1's
Hundreds = 10 x 10's
Thousands = 10 x 100's
etc.

Base 2: Each "place" is 2 times bigger than the one to its right:

Ones = 1's
10 = 2 x 1 (= 2)
100 = 2 x 10 (=4)
1000 = 2 x 100 (=8)
10000 = 2 x 1000 (=16)

It gets confusing because you have to separate the number from its usual meaning. When you see the number '10' in everyday life you're used to it meaning ten things.

In base 2, '10' means two and you should call it two (one group of two and zero ones). '100' means four and '1000' means eight, etc.

This is what TxLib was showing in his first response to ya.

Cheers!