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Lesson 2 – Number bases

Converting from binary to decimal

Worked examples .Converting 3-bit (3–binary digit) binary numbers
into decimal

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 DEC

1 0 1 5

1012 = 510 because 4 + 1 equals 5

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 DEC

0 1 1 3

0112 = 310 because 2 + 1 equals 3

Task 1 .Converting 3-bit binary numbers

Convert these 3-bit binary numbers into decimal.

Enter your conversion in the DEC column.

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 DEC

1 0 1 5

1 1 1 7

1 0 0 4

1 1 0 6

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Task 2 .Converting 4-bit binary numbers

Convert these 4-bit binary numbers into decimal.

Enter your conversion in the DEC column.

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 DEC

1 1 1 1 15

1 0 1 0 10

1 1 1 0 14

1 0 0 1 9

Task 3 .Converting 6-bit binary numbers

Convert these 6-bit binary numbers into decimal.

Enter your conversion in the DEC column.

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 DEC

1 0 0 0 0 1 33
l
1 1 0 0 1 1 51

1 0 1 0 1 0 42

1 0 0 0 0 0 32

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Task 4 .Converting 8-bit binary numbers

Convert these 8-bit binary numbers into decimal.

Enter your conversion in the DEC column.

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 DEC

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128

1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 143

1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 150

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 129

Explorer task .Odds or evens

Take a look at the binary numbers that you have converted into decimal. Can you spot
how to tell if a binary number will be even or odd? Write your thoughts in the space
below.

If the number 1 is activated or 'ON' it will be odd.

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