National+5+Positive+Number+Questions

1. Give two reasons why computer systems use the binary number system.

2. What is the largest number that your computer could represent using (a) 6 bits (b) 8 bits

3. Convert the following decimal numbers to binary: (a) 12 (b) 35 (c) 53 (d) 115 (e) 192 (f) 254

4. Convert the following binary numbers to decimal

(a) 010010 (b) 010101 (c) 01001011 (d) 10110111 (e) 01101001 (f) 11111000

Check your answers to questions 3 and 4 using [|this binary calculator]

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