15. OCR GCSE (J277) 1.2 Converting between denary & 8 bit binary
About this video
OCR J277 Specification Reference - Section 1.2
In this video we explain how to convert between the base ten denary number system that we are familiar with as humans, and the base two binary system that computers use. This explains how computers store unsigned integers.
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00:00 Converting between denary & 8-bit binary
00:11 Intro
00:16 About denary
01:52 About binary
02:50 Denary to binary
03:17 Divide-by-two method
05:05 Binary number line method
07:09 Binary to denary
08:19 Outro
Last updated: 23.02.26