Read unit 1.1 and 1.

2 from class lectures and book then answer the below

Draw one line from each denary value to the correctly converted 8‑bit binary value.

Denary 8-bit binary

00100001

41
10100110

00101001

174

10000110

10101110
86

01010110

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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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2 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

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3 All data needs to be converted to binary data so that it can be processed by a computer.

(a) Explain why a computer can only process binary data.

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(b) The denary values 64, 101 and 242 are converted to 8‑bit binary values.
Give the 8‑bit binary value for each denary value.

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101 ............................................................................................................................................

242 ............................................................................................................................................
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(c) The hexadecimal values 42 and CE are converted to binary.

Give the binary value for each hexadecimal value.

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4 (a) Denary is a number system that is used by programmers.

Tick (✓) one box to show whether denary is a base-2, base-10 or base-16 number system.

Tick
(✓)

Base-2

Base-10

Base-16
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(c) Hexadecimal values can be used to represent denary values.

Convert these four hexadecimal values into denary values.

05 ......................................................

20 ......................................................

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AB ......................................................
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 5 Hexadecimal values can also be converted to binary values.

Tick (✓) one box to show the correct 8-bit binary value for each hexadecimal value.

Hexadecimal value 25

Tick
(✓)

00011001

00100101

10100001
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(ii) Hexadecimal value 1B

Tick
(✓)

00011011

10110001

00011010
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(d) (i) Give one way that hexadecimal is used in website development.

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(ii) Give one way that hexadecimal is used in low-level programming.

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6 (a) A denary value can be converted into hexadecimal and binary.

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.

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Benefit 2 ....................................................................................................................................

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(iii) 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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