Number systems worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
click the bits to set them012806403201608040201

Set the bits so the 8-bit register holds 0x69. What is the pattern's value N in decimal?

0x69
N =
2.Easy
click the bits to set them012806403201608040201

Set the bits so the 8-bit register holds 0x1B. What is the pattern's value N in decimal?

0x1B
N =
3.Medium
8-bit two's complement0−12806403201608040201

Set the bits so they store −95 in 8-bit two's complement. Read as an unsigned number, what is the pattern's value U?

N = −958 bit
U =
4.Medium
8-bit two's complement?−128?64?32?16?8?4?2?1

Write −22 as an 8-bit two's complement pattern. Read the pattern as an unsigned binary number: what is its value U in decimal?

N = −228 bit
U =
5.Hard
10-bit two's complement, N = ??sign?????????

What is the most negative integer N that can be stored in 10-bit two's complement?

10 bit
N =
6.Hard
8 bit1 px1280 px720 pxM = ? KiB

An uncompressed image is 1280 × 720 pixels with 8 bits per pixel. How much memory M does it take, in KiB (1 KiB = 1024 bytes)?

1280 × 720 px8 bit/px1 KiB = 1024 B
M = KiB

Answer key

  1. 1. N = 105
  2. 2. N = 27
  3. 3. U = 161
  4. 4. U = 234
  5. 5. N = −512
  6. 6. M = 900 KiB

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