Binary Place Values and Conversion

Part of Binary & Hex · Section 2 of 15

DiagramUnit: 3.3 Data RepresentationGCSE

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Binary Place Values and Conversion

Binary place value diagram showing an 8-bit number with place values 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1 from left to right (MSB to LSB), with an example conversion of denary to binary and hexadecimal showing the 4-bit grouping shortcut

Practice questions for Binary & Hex

Which of the following correctly describes the hexadecimal number system?

A. Base 2, using digits 0 and 1
B. Base 8, using digits 0 to 7
C. Base 16, using digits 0-9 and letters A-F
D. Base 16, using digits 0-9 and letters A-G

1 markfoundation

Explain why hexadecimal is used instead of binary when programmers write memory addresses and colour codes. Give three reasons.

3 marksstandard

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