Grade 8 Binary Addition - SelfMarking
Grade 8 Binary Addition - SelfMarking
0 0 0 1
0 + 1 + 0 1 +
0 ☺ 1 ☺ 1 0 ☺
The below is an example of binary addition. Use it to help you with the following
questions. Calculate the binary addition AND the decimal conversion. Remember that
you always add from right to left!
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Example
1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 +
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 =
1 1 1
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 +
Q1
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 =
1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 +
Q2
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 =
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 +
Q3
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 =
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 +
Q4
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 =
1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Q5
0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 +
Q5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 =
0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 +
Q6
1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 =
0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 +
Q7
1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 +
Q8
0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 +
Q9
1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 +
Q 10
0 1
0 1
0 1 +
1 1 ☺
ollowing
emember that
Addition Conversion
170 ☺ ☺
223 ☺ ☺
216 ☺ ☺
135 ☺ ☺
241 ☺ ☺
203 ☺ ☺
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Your friend has written a report on what they have learnt today but they have made 11
mistakes. Can you find and correct them all?
The largest unit of storage is called a Binary Data or Bit. Each bit can
store two piece of binary data, a 0 or 1. A byte contains 4 bits. A single
keyboard character such as ‘d’ takes up one byte of data storage. So the
letters, ‘ICT’ would take 3 bytes of storage or alternatively 124 bits.