Topic 1c
Binary Fractions

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this topic students should be able to:

• Convert a length 8 bit-string into its decimal/fractional equivalent assuming the first four bits store the integer, and the second four bits store the fraction.

Learning Materials

• Readings
  • Fractions in binary - pp 54-56
• Videos
  • Dr. Schafer explains converting binary strings to fractions
  • Dr. Schafer explains covnerting fractions to binary strings

 

Checking for Understanding

Answer the following questions from your textbook. The answers to all Q&E questions are in the back of your book in Appendix F.

• p56, #3
• p56, #4
• p56, #5 b and d

Answers & Guidance

The answers to the CFU questions above are provided in the back of the book. The following videos explain how we would arrive at some of those answers.

• CFU p56, #3
• CFU p56, #4