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Binary Numbers: The Language of Computers
Explain why computers use binary and identify the place values in a binary number.
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Data Representation: Binary Numbers and Hexadecimal
10th Grade · Technology · UK GCSE
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Convert between binary, hexadecimal and decimal, and perform binary addition and shifts.
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- 5Binary Overflow: When Results Are Too BigNot started yet
- 6Binary Left Shifts: Multiplying by Powers of 2Not started yet
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- 8What Is Hexadecimal and Why Do We Use It?Not started yet
- 9Converting Hexadecimal to DecimalNot started yet
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Learning standards covered
CS-6General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Computer-science · 10th GradeUnderstand representation of numbers in binary and hexadecimal; conversion between these and decimal; binary addition and shifts
CS-1General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Computer-science · 10th GradeUnderstand and apply fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, decomposition, logic, algorithms, and data representation