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Homework 1 Storage units

and binary numbers


Unit 2 Data

Answers
1. Give one reason why data is represented in binary in a computer. [1]
The digits 0 and 1 can be represented by a switch being ON or OFF

2. State the number of bits in one byte. [1]


8 (bits)

3. State the number of bits in one nibble. [1]


4 (bits)

4. How many bytes are there in a Megabyte? [1]

1000 * 1000 = 1 000 000 bytes

5. A photographer takes up to 2000 photographs per week. Each photograph requires 5 MiB
of storage on the camera’s memory card.

Select the camera memory card with the smallest capacity that can store 2000
photographs. (Put a tick in the box next to your answer.)

2000 x 5MiB = 10 000 MiB /1024 = 9.77 GiB

Capacity in GiB

A 4

B 8

C 16 

D 32
[1]

6. For each of the binary values below, write down the denary equivalent. You should include
your working. [4]
a. 00001011 11
b. 01110110 118
c. 10010111 151
d. 11111111 255

7. Calculate the binary equivalent of each of the following denary numbers: You should
include your working. [4]
a. 34 0010 0010
b. 128 1000 0000
c. 149 1001 0101
d. 201 1100 1001

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Homework 1 Storage units
and binary numbers
Unit 2 Data

8. Calculate the answer to each of the following.

a. The smallest number, in denary, that can be stored in an 8-bit binary number. [1]
0000 0000 (or 0)

b. The largest number, in denary, that can be stored in an 8-bit binary number. [1]
255

c. The number of megabytes in one gigabyte. [1]


1024 (MiB/mebibytes)

d. The number of gibibytes in one tebibyte. [1]


1024 GiB/gibibytes)

e. The number of nibbles in one byte. [1]


2 (nibbles)

e. The number of bits in 2 MiB. [2]


2 * 1024 * 1024 * 8 = 16 777 216 (bits)
1 mark for MiB (2*1024*1024), 1 mark for 8 bits in a byte.

[Total 20 marks]

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