Unit 1.

1 Number Systems

1. A denary value can be converted into hexadecimal and binary.

(a) Complete the table to show the hexadecimal and 8-bit binary values of the given denary
values.

Denary Hexadecimal 8-bit binary

49

123

200

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(b) Give two benefits, to users, of converting binary values to hexadecimal.

Benefit 1 ....................................................................................................................................

Benefit 2..............................................................................................................................[2]

(c) Hexadecimal is used to represent Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) colour codes
in computer science.

Identify three other ways that hexadecimal is used in computer science.

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2 ................................................................................................................................................

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 2. (a) Denary values are converted to binary values to be processed by a computer.
Draw one line from each denary value to the correctly converted 8‑bit
binary value. [3]

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(b) Binary values can also be converted to denary values.

Give the correct denary value for the 12‑bit binary value 000101010111
Show all your working.

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Denary value .......................................................... [2]

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3. Hexadecimal is used for Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) colour codes.
An HTML colour code is: #2F15D6
Each pair of digits is stored as binary in an 8‑bit register.
(a) Give the 8‑bit binary value that would be stored for each pair of hexadecimal digits.

2F

15

D6

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(b) HTML colour codes and Media Access Control (MAC) addresses are two examples of
where hexadecimal is used in Computer Science.

Give two other examples of where hexadecimal can be used in Computer Science.

Example 1 .................................................................................................................................

Example 2 ...........................................................................................................................[2]

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4. An aeroplane has a small display screen above each seat, to display the seat number.

The seat number is a hexadecimal value. A 12-bit binary register is used to store the data
to display each seat number.
Three seat numbers, 05A, 18C and 29F, are allocated to passengers.
Give the 12-bit binary value that would be stored for each hexadecimal seat number.

05A ...........................................................................................................................................

18C ...........................................................................................................................................

29F ...........................................................................................................................................
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5. Two of the registers store the values 010000001101 and 000001111110

Give the hexadecimal seat number that would be displayed on the screen for each of these
binary values.

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000001111110 .........................................................................................................................

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6. The values in the MAC address are hexadecimal values. Convert the three given
hexadecimal values into 8-bit binary.

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