A4 Worksheet - Numbers To Bits

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Year 8 – Representations: from clay to silicon Learner worksheet

Lesson 4 – Numbers in binary


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Numbers to bits
Problem 1 Blown to bits
Find the binary numbers corresponding to the decimal numbers below.

Go through the multipliers from left to right. If a multiplier needs to be included in the
sum, set the corresponding binary digit to 1 and proceed with the number that remains.

Here is an example:

Decimal number Binary number


16 8 4 2 1

13 1 1 0 1
5 1 0

Now, try these on your own:

Decimal numbers Binary numbers


16 8 4 2 1

16 1 0 0 0 0

19 1 0 0 1 1

23 1 0 1 1 1

30 1 1 1 1 0

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Year 8 – Representations: from clay to silicon Learner worksheet
Lesson 4 – Numbers in binary
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Problem 2 Counting in binary


Fill in the table below with the binary representation of each number in the sequence.

You don’t have to convert each individual number into binary. Instead, think about which
binary digits need to be ‘flipped’ in a number, in order to produce the next one.

The first three lines have been completed as an example.

Decimal numbers Binary numbers


16 8 4 2 1

1 1

2 1 0

3 1 1

4 1 0 0

5 1 0 1

6 1 1 0

7 1 1 1

8 1 0 0 0

9 1 0 0 1

10 1 0 1 0

11 1 0 1 1

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Lesson 4 – Numbers in binary
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Explorer task .
If you have finished these problems and there is still time remaining, ask your teacher to
assign an explorer task to you.

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