Question

Which of the following is not a type of number system?

(a) Positional

(b) Non-Positional

(c) Octal

(d) Fractional

The question was posed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

I want to ask this question from Positional & Non-Positional Number System in chapter Number Systems of Computer Fundamentals

Answer 1

Right option is (d) Fractional

To explain I would say: There are two main types of number systems : Positional & Non-positional.

Positional System uses digits for the representation whereas, non-positional number systems use certain symbols for the representation of numbers. Octal is a type of positional number systems with base 8.