Binary Numbers Quiz

  1. If you must use exactly 4 bits (binary digits), how many different patterns can you form? How might these patterns be used to represent numbers? Which numbers could they represent?
  2. What is the significance of the following numbers?

    (a) 255, (b) 65535, (c) 1048575, (d) 4294967295

  3. Convert the following binary numbers to decimal:

    (a) 0110, (b) 1011, (c) 11110000, (d) 10101010

  4. Convert the following binary numbers to hexadecimal:

    (a) 1110, (b) 11011, (c) 110110101, (d) 1010111101110010

  5. Convert the following decimal numbers to binary and hexadecimal:

    (a) 12, (b) 15, (c) 27, (d) 96

  6. Perform the following unsigned binary additions:

    (a) 1 + 1, (b) 1010 + 1111, (c) 110111 + 11001

  7. If a program variable is to be used to store a unique number identifying any day in the year, how many bits will be required to store it? How many bits to store the year?

  8. Multiply 0111 by 0011 (binary)


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