Data Representation · Summer Term 1

Binary and Denary

Learning to convert between base-2 and base-10 number systems.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why do computers use binary instead of the decimal system?
  2. 2How would you represent the number 255 using only eight bits?
  3. 3What happens when a computer tries to store a number larger than its bit-limit?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

KS3: Computing - Data Representation
Year: Year 7
Subject: Computing
Unit: Data Representation
Period: Summer Term 1

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