Binary Representation of Numbers
Students will convert denary numbers to binary and vice versa, understanding bit and byte.
Key Questions
- Explain why computers use binary to represent all data.
- Construct a method for converting any denary number into its binary equivalent.
- Compare the storage requirements for a single character in ASCII versus a simple binary number.
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