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GCSE Student Booster - Binary Conversion and Binary Addition (Pre-event materials)
In this online session, you’ll gain a solid understanding of why computers use binary and explore the basics of number systems used in computer science. You’ll learn about base 2 (binary) and base 10 (denary), essential units in computer science, and practice key skills such as converting between binary and denary, performing binary addition, and identifying overflow errors.
By the end of this 90-minute session, you will:
- State why computers use binary
- Identify number bases and units
- Convert between binary and denary
- Add 2 bytes and identify overflow errors
Binary conversions are a common topic on all three English specifications so a real key area to ensure you have the right level of knowledge.
These materials are shared only with Isaac Computer Science Booster participants in accordance with the Isaac Computer Science Terms of Use policy here: https://isaaccomputerscience.org/terms?examBoard=all&stage=all
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