IT 111, Principles of Information Technology
IT 111

Introduction to Binary Numbers

Answer the following questions and upload an MS Word document in Moodle with your answers.

1. Count from 0 to 32 in binary.

2. Convert the following binary numbers to decimal (base 10) and hexadecimal (base 16):
   a)  10101
   b)  100110
   c)  10001010

3. Convert the following decimal numbers to binary (check your work by converting the binary result back into decimal):
   a)  36
   b)  231
   c)  255

4. Convert the following hexadecimal numbers to decimal (base 10) and binary (base 2):
   a)  A21
   b)  FE
   c)  181

5. Write your first name in ASCII, using a table such as one found at: http://www.easycalculation.com/ascii-hex.php, please separate the code for each character with a comma.

6. What is an assembler?  Why use one?