Worksheet 1 Storage units

and binary numbers

Unit 2 Data

Name:..................................................................................................... Class: .....................

Task 1
1. How many bytes are there in:
(a) 3 KiB?
3072 bytes

(b) 2.5 MiB?

6553600 bytes

(c) 2 GiB?
4194304 bytes

2. For each of the binary values below, write down the denary equivalent. Use the grid below
to help you.
(a) 1101
13

(b) 1111
15

(c) 00100110
38

(d) 10110111
183

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

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Worksheet 1 Storage units
and binary numbers
Unit 2 Data

3. What binary value is represented by the switches in the following circuit?

01100001

4. For the binary number 0110 1101, what is the value stored in:
(a) the most significant bit?
96

(b) the least significant bit?

13

Task 2
1. For each of the denary values below, write down the binary equivalent.
(a) 18
00010010

(b) 57
00111001

(c) 163
10100011

(d) 255
11111111

2. How many bytes would be needed to store the number 256?

1 byte