Number Bases

Year 9
MATHEMATICS GUIDELINES/KEYS

• Punctuality (to class and to submission of work).

• One person talks at a time.
• Raise your hand up when you want to speak .
• Ask or answer at least one question in the class before the end of
• the week.
• Have your writing materials (pen, pencils, ruler, notebooks,
• textbooks, workbook) ready at all times before the class.
• Be focused, reduce distraction.
Instructional objectives

• Recall place value of denary numbers & express as an expansion in

base ten;
• - Express binary numbers in their place of value;
• - Express the expansion of numbers in base two and other bases.
Videos on place values and binary numbers:

• https://youtu.be/wtrrr15mbvQ

• https://youtu.be/JSHQZekQnLg
Place values of denary numbers and
expansion in base ten
• Expand:
• 1) 9 008𝑡𝑒𝑛
• 2) 317.089𝑡𝑒𝑛

• What is the place value of 9 in questions 1 & 2.

• 3) Write 5 314.23𝑡𝑒𝑛 in expanded form.

• Copy & complete the following:

• 4) 5 093𝑡𝑒𝑛 = 5 × ____ + 0 × ____ + 9 × ____ + 3 × ___
• 5) 163.07𝑡𝑒𝑛 = 1 × ____ + 6 × ____ + 3 × ____ + 0 × ____ + 7 × ___
 Place values of binary number and its
expansion
1) Write 100 101𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑖𝑛 expanded notation.

2) Copy & complete:

1 110 110𝑡𝑤𝑜 = 1 × ____ + 1 × ____ + 1 × ____ + 0 × _ + 1 × ___ + 1× ___ + 0 × ___
3) The place value of each digit in this number in base two: 1 101𝑡𝑤𝑜

Expand the following and solve:

4) 11 010.01𝑡𝑤𝑜
5) 101 101𝑡𝑤𝑜
 Expanding numbers in base three and its
solution
Expand the following:
1) 2 100 121𝑡h𝑟𝑒𝑒
2) 1 211𝑡h𝑟𝑒𝑒
3) 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒: 201𝑡h𝑟𝑒𝑒 = 2 × 32 + 0 × 31 + 1 × 30 = _________
Copy & Complete:
4) 1 120 211𝑡h𝑟𝑒𝑒 = 1 × ____ + 1 × ____ + 2 × ____ + 0 × _ +2 × ___ + 1 × ___
+ 1 × ___
5) 1 20 011𝑡h𝑟𝑒𝑒 = 1 × ____ + 2 × ____ + 0 × ____ + 0 × ___ +1 × ___ + 1 ×
___
Expanding other base numbers and solution
Expand the following:
1) 234 110𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒
2) 10 723𝑒𝑖𝑔h𝑡
3) 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒: 4 201𝑠𝑖𝑥 = 4 × 63 + 2 × 62 + 0 × 61 + 1 × 60 =_________

Copy & Complete:

4) 12 013𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟 = 1 × ____ + 2 × ____ + 0 × _ + 1 × ___ + 3 ×___
5) 40 312𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 = 4 × ____ + 0 × ____ + 3 × ____ + 1 × ___ + 2 ×___
Learning outcomes:

• At the end of this lesson you should be able to:

❖Convert numbers in base ten to other bases,
❖Convert numbers in other bases to base ten,
❖Convert binary numbers to other bases and vice versa,
❖Carry out arithmetical operations on binary numbers.
Instructional materials

➢WABP Essential Mathematics for year 9

➢Note books
➢Jotter
➢Keeb
Number bases
• Base 10 numbers are called denary or decimal systems and are
usually written without ten.
• We can also count in other bases such as base two, base three, etc.
• Base two digits are 0 and 1.
• Base three digits are 0, 1 and 2.
• Base four digits are 0, 1, 2, and 3.
• Guess the digits for bases five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Converting numbers from base 10 to other
bases

To convert numbers in base 10 to other bases:

1. Divide the base 10 number by the given base
2. Continue dividing until zero is obtained
3. Write down the remainder at every stage
4. Then read the remainder upward to obtain the required answer.
Activity 1

Convert the numbers

in base ten to base six
a) 43
b) 803
 Activity 2

Convert these numbers

in base ten to octa1
number
a) 768
b) 609
 Activity 3

Convert these numbers

in base ten to base two
a) 90
b) 53
 Activity 4

Convert these
numbers in base ten
to base 7
a) 76
b) 405
Converting from other bases to base ten

To convert from other bases to base ten,

1) Give the numbers a place value
2) Expand in the power of the base
3) Simplify your expansion
4) Write down the answer
 Activity 5

Convert each of the following

to the base given:
a) 107𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
b) 231𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒
c) 532𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑒
d) 1001𝑡𝑤𝑜
e) 1211𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒
Binary number system
Base two number system are called binary because of its application
in computers for instance
• 0 stands for OFF
• 1 stands for ON
Base two numbers can be converted to base ten and other bases as
we have discussed above.
Note:
• To convert from one base to another other than ten;
1. Convert from the given base to base ten by expansion method
2. Then convert from base ten to the required base using division
as usual.
 Activity 5

Convert the following

denary numbers to base
binary
a) 15
b) 29
 Activity 6

Convert the binary

numbers into base ten
numbers:
a) 10011
b) 10110
 Activity 7

Convert 1011101𝑡𝑤𝑜 to
a) A base ten number
b) A base eight number
Arithmetic Operations
• Basic arithmetic operations of addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division in
other bases exactly the same way as base ten.
• Note:
• To add in base two:
• 𝟏 + 𝟏 = 𝟏𝟎
•𝟏 + 𝟎 = 𝟏
•𝟎 + 𝟏 = 𝟏
 Activity 8

Evaluate the following

binary numbers
a) 1011 + 1101
b) 10001 − 1110
c) 11011.1 − 1110.11
d) 101101 + 110001 +
10111
 Activity 9

Calculate the following

binary numbers
a) 1110 × 101
b) 101.1 × 11.1
c) 1110 ÷ 111
d) 1101001 ÷ 101
End of lesson…