Unit 1 - Lesson 4
Binary Numbers
Computer Science
Principles
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Warm Up
Yesterday you created
your own number system
using circles and squares.
💡 Discuss:
What can we
communicate using only
two symbols? Is there a
limit?
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
Binary Numbers
You and your partner should each have:
A Pen or Pencil
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
1 place value = 2 possible patterns
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
4 possible patterns
2 place values= ….
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
8 possible patterns
3 place values= ….
0
1
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our patterns to a 3 scientists like to
numbered list. 4 start counting at 0!
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Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
Instead of 2 shapes, what if
we had 10 shapes?
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
1 place value = Ten 1-shape patterns
0
1
2
3
4 ← These are just shapes!
5
6
7
8
9
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
2 places = one hundred 2-shape patterns
00 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
01 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81 91
02 12 22 32 42 52 62 72 82 92
03 13 23 33 43 53 63 73 83 93
04 14 24 34 44 54 64 74 84 94
05 15 25 35 45 55 65 75 85 95
06 16 26 36 46 56 66 76 86 96
07 17 27 37 47 57 67 77 87 97
08 18 28 38 48 58 68 78 88 98
09 19 29 39 49 59 69 79 89 99
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
Quiz: What comes next?
Ten
shapes
0
1
2 099
3
4
5
6
7
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8
9
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
Quiz: What comes next?
Ten
shapes
0
1
2 099
3
4
5
6
7
_0
1 _0
_
8
9
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
Where is this heading?
...binary...
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
“Binary” is a number system with 2 shapes...
01
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
Making Organized Lists -> Counting in Binary
0 000
1 001
2 010
3 011
4 100
5 101
6 110
7 111
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
Make Your
Flippy Do!
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
Each place value represents one "bit"
(binary digit). A bit can be a zero or a
one.
Your flippy do has 8 bits…
which together make...
1
byte
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
Try Out Your Flippy Do!
Represent these decimal numbers in binary
● 7 0000 0111
● 20 0001 0100
Represent these binary numbers in decimal
● 0001 0010 18
● 0001 1111 31
Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Activity
Flippy Do Activity Guide
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Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Wrap Up
Create your
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