Number Systems

1. What is a bit? What is a byte? What is the relationship between these two terms?
2. How would you abbreviate the phrase "Megabits per second?" How about Megabytes per second?"
3. Most humans are very familiar with the decimal number system. Computers do all operations in binary. What is the decimal equivalent of binary 11001101? What process can you use to perform this conversion without using a calculator? Demonstrate to the class.
4. What is the binary equivalent of decimal 125? What process can you use to perform this conversion without using a calculator? Demonstrate to the class.
5. What is the whole purpose of using the hexadecimal number system? Is it just another number system to complicate the lives of a computer tech? What is the direct relationship between a binary number and a hexadecimal number?
6. What is the binary equivalent of hexadecimal E9? What process can you use to perform this conversion without using a calculator? Demonstrate to the class.
7. What is the hexadecimal equivalent of binary 11001101? What process can you use to perform this conversion without using a calculator? Demonstrate to the class.
8. How many clock cycles are in each of the following? Kilohertz (KHz), Megahertz (MHz), Gigahertz (GHz)
9. How many bytes are in each of the following? Kilobyte (kB), Megabyte (MB), Gigabyte (GB), Terabyte (TB)