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Hexadecimal
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Convert the following bases to their equivalent hexadecimal values
Convert the following hexadecimal values to the given base
Hexadecimal numbers are easier for humans to read, understand and remember.
Negative Binary Numbers
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What are the denary values of the following twos complement numbers?
Convert the following numbers into negative numbers written in binary
Convert the following hexadecimal values to the given base
Find the answers to the following sums in binary, show your working - not yet finished beyond here (YR 12 please complete!!)
0110 1100 - 0000 0111 = 01100101
0001 1111 - 0001 0011
0111 0111 - 0101 1011
23 (hex) - 1F (hex)
0001 0010 - 1111 1101
Binary Fractions
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What are the values of the following numbers where there are 4 numbers before the decimal point?
0011.1000
0101.0111
0110.1100
EF
1001.0011
1100.1101 (note: this number is a two's complement number)
Using 1 byte for each number, with a fixed unsigned decimal point between bits 4 and 5, convert the following denary/decimal numbers into binary or get as close as you can
0001.1000
1000.1100
1001.0011
0000.1001
1101.1001 (as close as you can get)
What are the values of the following 16 bit floating point numbers, where the exponent is 6 bits
0111 0100 1100 1110
0110 0000 0011 1010
1011 1100 0100 0001
1110 0000 0011 1101
Normalise the following 16 bit floating point numbers, where the exponent is 6 bits
0011 0000 0000 0001
0001 1100 0000 1110
1101 0110 0100 0010
1111 0111 1111 1001