Warnings Excel will only produce binary numbers with up to 10 bits. This means that it can only convert decimal numbers greater than -513 and less than 512.

This Number System Beats Binary, But Most Computers Can’t Use It Why do computers only work with the numbers 0 and 1? There are machines that process three digits with more efficiency than you ...

That sounds pretty confusing, doesn’t it? Our decimal system seems simple by comparison, with just 10 digits from 0 to 9 to express every number imaginable. Computers need only two digits: 0 and 1.