COLLEGE OF COMPUTER STUDIES AND MULTIMEDIA ARTS

CCS0001L
(INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING)

EXERCISE

4
NUMBER SYSTEMS

Student Name / Group

Name:
Name Role
Members (if Group):

Section:
Professor:
I. PROGRAM OUTCOME/S (PO) ADDRESSED BY THE LABORATORY EXERCISE
• Apply knowledge through the use of current techniques and tools necessary for the IT profession [PO: I]
• Understand best practices and standards and their applications. [PO: M]

II. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOME/S (CLO) ADDRESSED BY THE LABORATORY EXERCISE

• To identify computing resources and technologies and understand their capabilities and limitations. [CLO: 2]
• To select and use appropriate techniques and modern computing tools for computing activities. [CLO: 3]

III. INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME/S (ILO) OF THE LABORATORY EXERCISE

At the end of this exercise, students must be able to:

• Understand the concepts of number systems.
• Convert one number system into another.
• Perform arithmetic operations involving number systems.

IV. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Human beings use a 10 based or decimal number system, possibly because we have ten fingers and ten toes.
Computers use a 2 based or binary system because it can be represented easily in hardware by on-off, open-
closed, charged-uncharged states. For example, a capacitor in RAM memory can be charged or not charged. A
charged state represents a 1 and an uncharged (or not fully charged) state represents a 0. Likewise, data stored
on a hard disk at the molecular level can be magnetically aligned in one pattern or its opposite. Each pattern
represents a 1 or 0.

Decimal numbers can be converted to binary numbers, and vice-versa. This is essential as humans’ work in
decimals and computers work in binary.

Two other forms of number representation can be used to represent integers. They are Octal and Hexadecimal
(Hex for short) systems. The first has a base of 8, the second a base of 16.

This lab helps you understand the methods applied in number system conversion.

V. GRADING SYSTEM / RUBRIC (please see separate sheet)

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VI. LABORATORY ACTIVITY
CONVERSION IN DECIMAL, BINARY, OCTAL, AND HEXADECIMAL

TASK 1: COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TABLE FOR BINARY, OCTAL, AND HEXADECIMAL
NUMBERS. REPRESENT THE BINARY NUMBERS WITH 4 BITS.

Decimal Binary Octal Hexadecimal Decimal Binary Octal Hexadecimal

0 0000 0 0 8 1000 10 8
1 0001 1 1 9 1001 11 9
2 0010 2 2 10 1010 12 A
3 0011 3 3 11 1011 13 B
4 0100 4 4 12 1100 14 C
5 0101 5 5 13 1101 15 D
6 0110 6 6 14 1110 16 E
7 0111 7 7 15 1111 17 F
TASK 2: NUMBER CONVERSION

1. Binary to Decimal

Binary Decimal
a) 101001102 = 166

b) 101101112 = 183

2. Decimal to Binary

Decimal Binary
a) 12510 = 1111101

b) 43610 = 110110100

3. Octal to Decimal

Octal Decimal
a) 1238 = 83

b) 7568 = 494

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 4. Decimal to Octal

Decimal Octal
a) 9810 = 142

b) 36910 = 561

5. Octal to Binary

Octal Binary
a) 2558 = 010101101

b) 12468 = 001010100110

6. Binary to Octal

Binary Octal
a) 101101101012 = 2665

b) 1110101010002 = 7250

7. Hexadecimal to Decimal

Hexadecimal Decimal
a) 15A16 = 346

b) 2FE16 = 766

8. Decimal to Hexadecimal

Decimal Hexadecimal
a) 9110 = 5B

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 b) 59910 = 257

9. Hexadecimal to Binary

Hexadecimal Binary
a) 5E8D16 = 0101111010001101

b) 0F4C16 = 0000111101001100

10. Binary to Hexadecimal

Binary Hexadecimal
a) 10011110001110012 = 9E39

b) 1011011010110011012 = 2DACD

TASK 3. TESTING YOUR NUMBER SYSTEM SKILLS

Tetradecimal, is a number system based on the number 14, and uses the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
and letters A, B, C and D. Using your knowledge gained in number systems, make a table that will show the
decimals 1-50 and its corresponding Tetradecimal digits

DECIMAL TETRADECIMAL
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
9 9
10 A
11 B
12 C
13 D

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 14 10
15 11
16 12
17 13
18 14
19 15
20 16
21 17
22 18
23 19
24 1A
25 1B
26 1C
27 1D
28 20
29 21
30 22
31 23
32 24
33 25
34 26
35 27
36 28
37 29
38 2A
39 2B
40 2C
41 2D
42 30
43 31
44 32
45 33
46 34
47 35
48 36
49 37
50 38

VII. QUESTION AND ANSWER

1. What are the four common number systems used in computing?

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Decimal, Binary, Octal, and Hexadecimal Number Systems

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2. How many unique symbols is used in hexadecimal number system?

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16 unique symbols

3. What number system do we use in our everyday lives?

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Denary Number

4. What number system is commonly used to represent data in computers?

Binary Number System
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VIII. REFERENCES
• Docter, Q., Dulaney, E., & Skandier, T. (2016). CompTIA + Complete Study Guide (3rd Edition)
• Meyers, M. (2016). All In One CompTIA A+ Certification. Mc Graw Hill.
• Pearson. (2016). Introduction to Computers and Information Technology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
• Tavani, H. T. (2016). Ethics and Technology. Wiley.
• White, R. (2015). How Computer Work: The Evolution of Technology. IN: Que.

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