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69 changes: 49 additions & 20 deletions number-systems/README.md
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Expand Up @@ -5,61 +5,90 @@ Do not convert any binary numbers to decimal when solving a question unless the
The goal of these exercises is for you to gain an intuition for binary numbers. Using tools to solve the problems defeats the point.

Convert the decimal number 14 to binary.
Answer:
Answer:1110

2^3 - 8 - (8<=14) - 1
2^2 - 4 - (4<=6) - 1
2^1 - 2 - (2<=2) - 1
2^0 - 1 - (0<=1) - 0

Convert the binary number 101101 to decimal:
Answer:
Answer:45
1 - 32
0 - 16
1 = 8
1 - 4
0 - 2
1 - 1

45

Which is larger: 1000 or 0111?
Answer:
Answer: 1000 > 0111

Which is larger: 00100 or 01011?
Answer:
Answer: 00100 < 01011

What is 10101 + 01010?
Answer:
Answer: 11111

What is 10001 + 10001?
Answer:
Answer:100010

What's the largest number you can store with 4 bits, if you want to be able to represent the number 0?
Answer:
Answer: 15

How many bits would you need in order to store the numbers between 0 and 255 inclusive?
Answer:
Answer: 2^8, 8 bits

How many bits would you need in order to store the numbers between 0 and 3 inclusive?
Answer:
Answer: 2 bit

How many bits would you need in order to store the numbers between 0 and 1000 inclusive?
Answer:
Answer: 2^10, 10 bits

How can you test if a binary number is a power of two (e.g. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ...)?
Answer:
Answer: every number from range has just one of 1 bit and all the rest are zeros

Convert the decimal number 14 to hex.
Answer:
Answer: E Took from table.

Convert the decimal number 386 to hex.
Answer:
Answer: 182

386/16 = 24 (rem 2)
24/16 = 1 (rem 8)
1/16 = 0 (rem 1)

Convert the hex number 386 to decimal.
Answer:
Answer: 902

3 8 6
16^2 16^1 16^0
3*256, 8*16, 6\*1
768 + 128 + 6
902

Convert the hex number B to decimal.
Answer:
Answer: 11

If reading the byte 0x21 as a number, what decimal number would it mean?
Answer:
Answer: 33

If reading the byte 0x21 as an ASCII character, what character would it mean?
Answer:
Answer: !

If reading the byte 0x21 as a greyscale colour, as described in "Approaches for Representing Colors and Images", what colour would it mean?
Answer:
Answer: 33

If reading the bytes 0xAA00FF as an RGB colour, as described in "Approaches for Representing Colors and Images", what colour would it mean?
Answer:
Answer: maybe purpler

If reading the bytes 0xAA00FF as a sequence of three one-byte decimal numbers, what decimal numbers would they be?
Answer:
Answer: 170, 0, 255

AA00FF
1010 1010. 0000 0000. 1111 1111
0000 0000 - 0
1111 1111 - 255
1010 1010 - 2^7+0+2^5+0+2^3+0+2^1+0 = 170
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