Binary Bits and Bobs

Unit Objectives

To understand how computers count in Binary

To understand how to add up binary numbers and convert from Decimal, Binary.

To understand how to add up binary numbers and convert from Decimal, Binary and Hex.

 All resources for this unit at available on the Q Drive > Computing > !Worksheets. 

The end of unit assessment test will consist of approx 12 questions covering the following:

• Adding up binary numbers
• Left and Right shifting binary numbers
• Why we right and left shift binary numbers
• Converting binary denary to binary, binary to denary. 
• Using an ASCII chart to look up characters
• 1 bit and 8 bit colour combinations - how many different colours there are.