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WorksheetsBinary Basics
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which of these most accurately describes BINARY?
A base 2 numbering system
A bunch of 1s and 0s
A computer numbering system
Bees?
consider the byte 01101100. What value does the first 1 represent?
64
128
2
13
Why is binary vital for computing?
It's the only language a computer can understand
It makes you look cool
It maps perfectly onto hexadecimal, which is used in computer programs
Computers can't count to 3
Why is binary the only language a computer understands
The CPU responds to electricity flowing through tiny switches called transistors
When computers were invented, we only had two numbers
The first computers were mechanical and could only store values in two states - as computers have evolved the were never able to change this
Computers HATE French lessons
Binary is a base-2 numbering system. A Base-10 numbering system is known as (a)
A (a) consists of 4 bits
8 (a) make a byte
A bit is a single ______ _____
(a)
