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Well, honey, to represent months of the year, you need at least 4 bits because you've got 12 months in a year, and you need 4 bits to represent numbers from 0 to 15. So, technically, you could do it with just 4 bits, but if you want to be fancy, you could use 5 bits for a more efficient representation.
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How many bits of binary code do you need to represent the answer to the sum 10 6?
If you mean 10 + 6 that's 16 which is 10000 in binary
How many bits represent the days of the week?
To represent the days of the week, you would need at least 3 bits. With 3 bits, you can represent up to 8 different values (2^3 = 8), which is sufficient to cover all 7 days of the week (Monday to Sunday). Each additional bit would double the number of possible values, but 3 bits are the minimum required to uniquely represent all 7 days.
How does BCD differ from the straight binary number system?
To consider the difference between straight binary and BCD, the binary numbers need to be split up into 4 binary digits (bits) starting from the units. In 4 bits there are 16 possible values from 0000 to 1111 (0 to 15). In straight binary all of these possible combinations are used, thus: 4 bits can represent the decimal numbers 0-15 8 bits can represent the decimal numbers 0-255 12 bits can represent the decimal numbers 0-4095 16 bits can represent the decimal numbers 0-65535 etc In arithmetic, all combinations of bits are used, thus: 0000 1001 + 0001 = 0000 1010 In BCD or Binary Coded Decimal, only the representations of the decimal numbers 0-9 are used (that is 0000 to 1001 in binary), and the 4-bits (nybbles) are read as decimal digits, thus: 4 bits can represent the decimal digits 0-9 8 bits can represent the decimal digits 0-99 12 bits can represent the decimal digits 0-999 16 bits can represent the decimal digits 0-9999 In arithmetic, only the representations of decimal numbers are used, thus: 0000 1001 + 0001 = 0001 0000 When BCD is used each half of a byte is read directly as a decimal digit. BCD is obviously inefficient as storage (for large numbers) as each nybble is only holding 3/8 of the possible numbers, however, it is sometimes easier and quicker to work with decimal digits (for example when there is lots of display of counting numbers to do there is less binary to decimal conversion needing to be done).
What is the minimum number of bits required to represent 18427 in two's complement?
18427(10) = 1000111111111011(2)So, it will need 16 bits (16 digits from the binary value) for 18427 itself. For the complement (the sign), add 1 more bit: the answer is 17.
How may bits are needed to represent the decimal number 200?
log2 200 = ln 200 ÷ ln 2 = 7.6... → need 8 bits. If a signed number is being stored, then 9 bits would be needed as one would be needed to indicate the sign of the number.
