Bits
Bytes
The history of data storage
Binary
LO: To understand how to turn denary numbers in to binary numbers.
Starter:
What are the answers to the following questions?
2^0 =
2^1 =
2^2 =
2^3 =
Main:
On your post-it note, write down any of them that you do not know the answer to:
- What does the term denary mean?
- What does the term binary mean?
- How can we turn a denary number in to a binary number?
Task:
Denary means...
Binary means...
As a class we are going to complete the worksheet.
Plenary:
If we wanted to be able to write someone's dates of birth, how many bits would we need?
If we wanted a different number to represent everyday of the year, how many bits would we need?
LO: To develop our understanding of binary numbers.
Starter:
Find your list of binary characters from last lesson. On your WAD sheet, write down your target grade in binary along the top as shown below:
TG: 01001000
How do we write today's date in binary on the board in 4 bit numbers?
How many bits do we need to write it out the date in one 8 bit segment?
Main:
Today we are going to be looking at 8 bit numbers..
What powers of 2 do we have?
What are the answers?
Write down your date of birth using 3 8-bit numbers.
Write down your house number in an 8-bit number.
Mini Plenary:
Test your binary skills here.
Write down your highest level reached and your time.
Conversion (binary - hexadecimal - denary)
Characters
