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→INVESTIGATION 1: NUMBERING CONVERSIONS
# Write the manual conversion either in your Word document or on a sheet of paper.<br><br>
# Use a '''calculator''' to check your work. In MS Windows, you can set the calculator to Programming mode<br>by making the selection to '''binary''', enter the binary number '''10111110''' and view the decimal equivalent.<br><br>Did you get the correct answer? If not, retry the method and check to see what you did wrong.<br><br>
# Perform a manual conversion of the '''decimal number 55''' to an '''<u>8-bit binary number</u>'''.<br>What method (displayed above) will you use? Use a calculator to check your work.<br><br># Perform a manual conversion of the '''octal number 461''' to an '''<u>8-bit binary number</u>'''.<br>What method (displayed above) will you use? Use a calculator to check your work.<br><br># Perform a manual conversion of the '''8-bit binary number 11110001''' to a '''<u>hexadecimal number</u>'''.<br>What method (displayed above) will you use? Use a calculator to check your work.<br><br># Perform a manual conversion of the '''hexadecimal number ABC''' to an '''<u>8-bit binary number</u>'''.<br>What method (displayed above) will you use? Use a calculator to check your work.<br><br># Perform a manual conversion of the '''binary number 10101111''' to an '''<u>octal number</u>'''.<br>What method (displayed above) will you use? Use a calculator to check your work.<br><br># Perform a manual conversion of the same '''binary number 10101111''' to a '''<u>hexadecimal number</u>'''.<br>What method (displayed above) will you use? Use a calculator to check your work.<br><br># Perform a manual conversion of the '''octal number 5636''' to a '''<u>hexadecimal number</u>'''.<br>What method (displayed above) will you use? Use a calculator to check your work.<br><br># Perform a manual conversion of the '''hexadecimal number D68''' to an '''<u>octal number</u>'''.<br>What method (displayed above) will you use? Use a calculator to check your work.<br><br>
# When you have performed all of the numbering conversions above, then you can proceed to the next INVESTIGATION.<br><br>