Binary & the Language of Computers for KS3 Computing: 11 ready-made live quiz games, 163 questions in all.
The questions cover Binary to denary, Denary to binary, Binary to Denary, ASCII & Text Representation, Bits and values and Bits & Bytes.
There are 7 practice sets and 4 quickfire rounds. Question types: 87 multiple choice, 64 true or false, 10 fill the gap and 2 matching.
Pick a set, put the join code on the board and pupils play on their phones. Pupils need no account. Free for teachers, up to 40 players.
The gamesEach set is a fixed list of questions. Open a preview to see a few of them.
Quickfire: Binary & the Language of Computers
KS315 questions· Warm-up
Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.
Preview 3 sample questions
- 1
How many bits are there in one byte?
164810
- 2
Convert the denary number 4 to 8-bit binary.
00000001000001000000100000000010
- 3
Convert the binary number 00100100 to denary.
34403638
+ 12 more questions in the game.
Practice
Binary & the Language of Computers: ASCII & Text Representation
KS315 questions· Core
Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.
Preview 3 sample questions
- 1
Converting denary to binary: true or false?
The denary number 255 converts to 11111111 in binary.
- 2
What is the largest denary number that can be represented using 8 bits?
999256128255
- 3
ASCII: true or false?
Every character has a unique ASCII decimal code and 8-bit binary pattern.
+ 12 more questions in the game.
Practice
Binary & the Language of Computers: Binary to Denary
KS315 questions· Core
Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.
Preview 3 sample questions
- 1
A denary number converts to binary as 00001010. What is its denary value?
8101218
- 2
Converting binary to denary: true or false?
The binary number 00001111 converts to the denary value 15.
- 3
Converting binary to denary: true or false?
The binary number 10000000 converts to the denary value 128.
+ 12 more questions in the game.
Practice
Binary & the Language of Computers: Bits & Bytes
KS315 questions· Core
Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.
Preview 3 sample questions
- 1
How many bits are there in one byte?
416108
- 2
Convert the denary number 4 to 8-bit binary.
00001000000001000000001000000001
- 3
Convert the binary number 00100100 to denary.
40343638
+ 12 more questions in the game.
Quickfire: Binary numbers
KS315 questions· Warm-up
Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.
Preview 3 sample questions
- 1
What is denary 6 in 4-bit binary?
0010011101010110
- 2
What is denary 2 in 4-bit binary?
0100000000100011
- 3
What is denary 4 in 4-bit binary?
0101001101000010
+ 12 more questions in the game.
Practice
Binary & the Language of Computers: Binary to denary
KS315 questions· Core
Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.
Preview 3 sample questions
- 1
True or false?
The binary number 0111 is 7 in denary.
- 2
True or false?
The binary number 0100 is 4 in denary.
- 3
True or false?
The binary number 0101 is 5 in denary.
+ 12 more questions in the game.
Practice
Binary & the Language of Computers: Binary to denary, set 2
KS315 questions· Core
Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.
Preview 3 sample questions
- 1
True or false?
The binary number 00100011 is 35 in denary.
- 2
True or false?
The binary number 01100010 is 66 in denary.
- 3
True or false?
The binary number 10010000 is 144 in denary.
+ 12 more questions in the game.
Practice
Binary & the Language of Computers: Bits and values
KS313 questions· Core
Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.
Preview 3 sample questions
- 1
How many different values can 4 bits represent?
1632815
- 2
How many different values can 3 bits represent?
86167
- 3
How many different values can 1 bits represent?
1624
+ 10 more questions in the game.
Practice
Binary & the Language of Computers: Denary to binary
KS315 questions· Core
Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.
Preview 3 sample questions
- 1
What is denary 40 in 8-bit binary?
00010100001010000010011100101001
- 2
What is denary 80 in 8-bit binary?
01010001000010100101000001000000
- 3
What is denary 33 in 8-bit binary?
00100001001000100010100110000100
+ 12 more questions in the game.
Quickfire: Hexadecimal
KS315 questions· Warm-up
Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.
Preview 3 sample questions
- 1
True or false?
Hexadecimal D is 14 in denary.
- 2
True or false?
Hexadecimal D is 13 in denary.
- 3
True or false?
Hexadecimal 4 is 4 in denary.
+ 12 more questions in the game.
Quickfire: Units of data
KS315 questions· Warm-up
Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.
Preview 3 sample questions
- 1
True or false?
A byte is 8 bits.
- 2
True or false?
A byte is 4 bits.
- 3
How many bytes is 304 bits?
38152762,432
+ 12 more questions in the game.
How hosting works
- Pick a set and a game mode. The questions stay the same; the game changes.
- Put the join code on the board. Pupils join at subjecthub.co.uk/play on a phone or laptop. They need no account.
- Play for 1 to 7 minutes. You choose the length before you start.
Free for teachers: host these sets with up to 40 players. You sign up once as a teacher.
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