Lesson (2) Reading Binary Numbers
Lesson (2) Reading Binary Numbers
Grade 7
How to represent a number in different
number systems?
Decimal system (base 10 system)
Uses 10 digits 0 to 9
Digit Thousands Hundreds Tens Ones
Value 1000 100 10 1
Example No. 5 2 7 5
5275
Example values 5x1000 2x100 7x10 5x1
= = = =
5000 200 70 5
1000 100 10 1
How to represent a number in different
number systems?
Binary system (base 2 system)
Uses 1 and 0 digits
2 2 2
Eights Fours
Tows
(8s) (4s) ones
(2s)
8 4 2 1
Activity (Page 10)
Base 8 system
Uses 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Digit Five Ones
hundred
twelves Sixty fours Eights
(512s) (64s) (8s)
Value 512 64 8 1
8 8 8
(512s) (64s)
(8s) ones
512 64 8 1
Convert from Binary to decimal
Binary system (base 2 system)
Uses 1 and 0 digits
Digit Eights (8s) Fours (4s) Tows (2s) Ones
Value 8s 4s 2s 1
Binary number 1 1 0 1
1101
Operation 1x8 1x4 0x2 1x1
Binary x value
= = = = = Total
Decimal 8 4 0 1 13
2 2 2
Eights Fours
Tows
(8s) (4s) ones
(2s)
8 4 2 1
Activity (Page 11(a))
Eights Fours
Tows
(8s) (4s) ones
(2s)
8 4 2 1
Bit and byte
Eleven (decimal)
11 Binary
Activity (Page 12)
Q3:Look at the binary number 00100010. explain why the 1 in column 6 has a
different value than the 1 in column 2
Column 6 worth 32
Column 2 worth 2