Year 8 A - Task Sheet
Year 8 A - Task Sheet
Learning Objective/s:
To use the rules of Binary to Denary Convertion and perform suitable calculations
To be able to analyse and perform Binary Addition
Remember to double-check your work and use the binary addition rules to perform the calculations
Task/Question:
accurately.
Worksheet: Binary to Denary Conversion and Binary Addition
1. Convert the following binary numbers to denary (decimal) form: a) 1010 b) 1101 c) 11100 d) 100110 e)
1111111
Answers:
1a. 10 1b. 13 1c. 28 1d. 38 1e. 127
Answers:
2a. 1101
2b. 11001
2c. 11111
2d. 10000000
2e. 11111111
3. Add the following binary numbers: a) 1101 + 1011 b) 10101 + 1110 c) 111100 + 11011 d) 1001 +
11111 e) 1010101 + 1100110
Answers:
3a) 1101 + 1011 = 11000
3b) 10101 + 1110 = 100111
3c) 111100 + 11011 = 1000111
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3d) 1001 + 11111 = 101000
3e) 1010101 + 1100110 = 10111011
4. Check your answers by converting the results back to denary (decimal) form.
Answers:
4a) 11000 in binary is 24 in decimal.
4b) 100111 in binary is 39 in decimal.
4c) 1000111 in binary is 71 in decimal.
4d) 101000 in binary is 40 in decimal.
4e) 10111011 in binary is 187 in decimal.
5. A computer uses binary code to represent characters. Convert the binary code '01001001' into a denary
(decimal) number. What character does it represent using the ASCII code?
Answers:
The binary code '01001001' is the number 73 in denary.
In ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), the decimal number 73 represents the
character 'I'.
6. You have two 8-bit binary numbers, 10110101 and 11001010. Add these two numbers together in
binary and provide the result in both binary and denary forms.
Answers:
In binary form, the sum of the two binary numbers is 110101111, and in denary form, the sum is 223.
7. Convert the following denary numbers into 8-bit binary form: a) 42 b) 128 c) 255 d) 73
Answers:
a) 42 = 00101010
b) 128 = 10000000
c) 255 = 11111111
d) 73 = 01001001
8. Perform the following binary addition: a) 11011011 + 10101010 b) 11111111 + 1 (Carry over)
Answers:
a) 11011011 + 10101010 = 110000101
b) 11111111 + 1 = 100000000
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