Grade 10 ICT
Grade 10 ICT
Grade 10 ICT
2010
GRADE 10- CHAPTER 3
- DATA REPRESENTATION METHODS IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM
A numbering system is a way of representing numbers. The most commonly used numbering system in real
life is Decimal number system.
Each number system is uniquely identified by its base value or radix. Radix or base is the count of number
of digits in each number system.
Example1 Example2
Step 1: First, divide the number into three bits from the right to the left.
Step 2: If the last cluster in the left corner does not consist of 3 bits, add
0s to complete.
Step 3: Write each octal number separately for each cluster.
1111101100102 to Octal
Step 1: First, divide the number into four bits from the right to the left.
Step 2: If the last cluster in the left corner does not consist of 4 bits,
add 0s to complete.
Step 3: Write each hexadecimal number separately for each cluster.
Step 4: Then write these clusters in hexadecimal digits.
111010110001110102 to
hexadecimal
The left most bit in the binary number is called as the Most Significant Bit (MSB) and it has the largest
positional weight. The right most bit is the Least Significant Bit (LSB) and has the smallest positional
weight.
Most Significant Bit (MSB) - Value in the left extreme (Cannot be zero) Least Significant Bit (LSB) – The
value in the right extreme (can be zero)
1 Nibble= 4 bits
PB TB GB MB KB Byte bit
OR
=3 X 1024 X 1024 X 1024 bytes
= 3X 103 X 103 X 103 Bytes
= 3X 103+3+3 Bytes
= 3X 109Bytes