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EE 205 Homework 1: Number Base Conversions

This document contains the instructions for homework 1 for the EE 205 class due on November 2nd, 2009. It includes 5 questions asking students to: 1) Convert decimal numbers to various bases. 2) Find complements in different bases. 3) Perform subtractions using radix complements. 4) Write their last name in 8-bit ASCII code with even parity. 5) Convert a base-3 number directly to base-9 using the property that 32 = 9.

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EE 205 Homework 1: Number Base Conversions

This document contains the instructions for homework 1 for the EE 205 class due on November 2nd, 2009. It includes 5 questions asking students to: 1) Convert decimal numbers to various bases. 2) Find complements in different bases. 3) Perform subtractions using radix complements. 4) Write their last name in 8-bit ASCII code with even parity. 5) Convert a base-3 number directly to base-9 using the property that 32 = 9.

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EE 205 Homework 1

due date: November 2nd, 2009

1) Convert the decimal number 521.521 to base 2, base 4, base 5, base 8 and base 16.

2) Find
a) 10’s complement of (825) 11 ,
b) 11’s complement of (825) 11 ,
c) 4’s complement of (432) 5 ,
d) 5’s complement of (432) 5 .

3) Perform the following subtractions using radix (r’s) complement.


a) (11001) 2 – (10010) 2
b) (000100) 2 – (110000) 2
c) (9876) 10 – (4321) 10
d) (321) 5 – (432) 5

4) Write your last name in an eight-bit code that is made up of the seven bits of ASCII
and, an even parity bit as the least significant digit.

5) Noting that 32 = 9 , formulate a simple procedure for converting base-3 numbers


directly to base-9. Use the procedure to convert (2110201102220112) 3 to base 9.

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