1.6 - Applications of Number Systems in Computing
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Practice Questions
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What is the primary number system used by computers?
💡 Hint: Think about the digits 0 and 1.
What digits are used in the octal number system?
💡 Hint: Count how many digits are there in total.
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Which number system is most commonly used in computing?
💡 Hint: Remember the basics of how computers operate.
True or False: The hexadecimal system uses 12 digits.
💡 Hint: Consider how many different characters we have in hex.
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Given a binary number 10111011, convert it first to decimal and then to hexadecimal.
💡 Hint: Break the problem into two steps: convert to decimal, then to hex.
If a web page uses the CSS color #A3C1D4, what would be the equivalent decimal RGB values?
💡 Hint: Convert each hex pair to decimal.
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