Higher+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) 8 bits (b) 24 bits

3. Convert the following decimal numbers to binary. (a) 11 (b) 36 (c) 59 (d) 94 (e) 126 (f) 189 (g) 241 (h) 276 (i) 504 (j) 714

4. Convert the following binary numbers to decimal (a) 1001 (b) 100010 (c) 110110 (d) 1100101 (e) 10000101 (f) 11101101 (g) 100011000 (h) 101011011 (i) 1001001011 (j) 1111010111

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

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