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Understanding Data

Info

You are encouraged not to use a calculator to do the conversion.

  • First use the reverse conversion to check your results.
  • Finally, use the calculator only to check your results!
  • This is "bread and butter" stuff. Do not skip it!

Position Coefficients

Write out each of the following numbers in the position coefficient format:

Note

Pay attention the base (i.e., radix)!

#
1$$\mathtt{120_{10}}$$
2$$\mathtt{6482_{10}}$$
3$$\mathtt{1AF_{16}}$$
4$$\mathtt{9434_{16}}$$
5$$\mathtt{1100_{2}}$$
6$$\mathtt{10000011_{2}}$$
7$$\mathtt{11110000_{2}}$$
8$$\mathtt{345_{10}}$$
9$$\mathtt{1003_{10}}$$
10$$\mathtt{123_{16}}$$
11$$\mathtt{44AF_{16}}$$
12$$\mathtt{10100001_{2}}$$

Binary to Decimal Conversion

Convert the following from Binary to Decimal:

#Binary
1$$\mathtt{11110000_{2}}$$
2$$\mathtt{11110001_{2}}$$
3$$\mathtt{01110000_{2}}$$
4$$\mathtt{00110001_{2}}$$
5$$\mathtt{10101010_{2}}$$
6$$\mathtt{10010000_{2}}$$

Binary to Hexadecimal Conversion

Convert the following from Binary to Hexadecimal:

#Binary
1$$\mathtt{11110011_{2}}$$
2$$\mathtt{10010001_{2}}$$
3$$\mathtt{11010100_{2}}$$
4$$\mathtt{10111101_{2}}$$
5$$\mathtt{11101010_{2}}$$
6$$\mathtt{10010111_{2}}$$

Hexadecimal to Decimal Conversion

Convert the following from Hexadecimal to Denary

#Hexadecimal
1$$\mathtt{AFAE_{16}}$$
2$$\mathtt{E0F1_{16}}$$
3$$\mathtt{C12D_{16}}$$
4*$$\mathtt{F0CEF_{16}}$$
5*$$\mathtt{C0FFEE_{16}}$$
6*$$\mathtt{DEADBEEF_{16}}$$

All starred (*) numbers are a bit over the top, but you are welcome to try anyway, just be aware that they are pretty large decimal numbers!

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