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v4.Final Getting Started With Digital Representation v4
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Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared for you, dear learners, so
you can continue your studies and learn while at home and increase your
competency level in Information and Communication Technology-Computer
System Servicing. Activities, questions, directions, exercises, and discussions
are carefully stated for you to understand the lesson.
The SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-
by-step as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.
A pre-test is provided to measure your prior knowledge of the lessons in
this module. This will tell you if you need to proceed to complete this module or
if you need to ask your teacher’s assistance for a better understanding of the
lesson. At the end of each module, you need to answer the post-test to self-
check your learning. Answer keys are provided for each activity and test.
In addition to the material in the main text, notes to the teacher are also
provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on how
they can best help you with your home-based learning or intervention.
Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on any
part of this SLM. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises and
tests. And read the instructions carefully before performing each task.
If you have any questions about using this module or any difficulty in
answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to ask for help from your
teacher or facilitator.
Thank you.
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Parts of the Module
What I Need To Know. This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in the module.
What I Know. This part includes an activity that aims to check what you
already know about the lesson to take. If you get all the answers correct
(100%), you may decide to skip the module.
What’s In. This is a brief drill or review to help you link the current lesson
with the previous one.
What’s New. In this portion, the new lesson will be introduced to you in
various ways: a story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an activity or a
situation.
What Is It. This section provides a brief discussion of the lesson. This
aims to help you discover and understand new concepts and skills.
What’s More. This comprises activities for independent practice to
solidify your understanding and skills of the topic. You may check the
answers to the exercises using the Answer Key at the end of the module.
What I Have Learned. This includes questions to be filled in to process
what you learned from the lesson.
What I Can Do. This section provides an activity which will help you
transfer your new knowledge or skill into real life situations or concerns.
Assessment. This is a task which aims to evaluate your level of mastery
in achieving the learning competency.
Additional Activities. In this portion, another activity will be given to you
to enrich your knowledge or skill of the lesson learned.
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Table of Contents
What I Need to Know …………………………………………… 1
What I Know …………………………………………………….. 2
What’s In ………………………………………………………… 3
What’s New ……………………………………………………… 4
What Is It ………………………………………………………… 5
What’s More …………………………………………………….. 13
What I Have Learned …………………………………………… 16
What I Can Do ………………………………………………….. 17
Assessment ……………………………………………………… 18
Additional Activities ……………………………………………... 19
Answer Key ……………………………………………………… 20-24
References ……………………………………………………… 25
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What I Need to Know
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
master the different digital representations, convert and calculate decimal
numbers to binary numbers including data storage. The scope of this module
allows multimedia resources to be used in many different learning situations.
The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The
arrangement of the lessons follows the standard sequence of the course.
Learning Objectives:
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. identify digital representations;
2. convert and calculate decimal numbers to binary and data storage; and
3. appreciate the importance of interpretation and conversion.
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What I Know
Welcome to the digital world! But before you discover digital, check your prior
knowledge of the different representations! Let us see how much you know
about the topic that we are to discuss. Answer the pretest on digital
representations.
Directions: Make a binary representation of your first name (or nickname). For
each row, fill in a letter and the corresponding binary code. Leave the circle
empty for 0 and fill it for 1. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Name Binary Code
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The Digital Representation
In this lesson, you will learn about digital representations and how they are
being read, converted and calculated in data storage.
What’s In
Column A Column B
1. Chips that are located on the motherboard A. Registers
2. A magnetic storage device installed inside the computer B. Flash drive or Thumb
3. Early drive controller interface that connects computers drive
and hard disk drives with an interface that uses a 40-pin C. Read-Only Memory
connector (ROM)
4. Temporary storage for data and programs that are being D. Integrated
accessed by the Central Processing Unit (CPU) development
5. A storage device that uses lasers to read data on the environment
optical media E. Floppy drive
6. A storage device that uses removable 3.5- inch disks F. Random Access
7. Soldered the memory chips on a special circuit board Memory (RAM)
8. A removable storage device that connects to a USB port G. Optical drive
9. Memory cells built right into the Central Processing Unit H. Double Data Rate
that contain specific data needed particularly the I. Hard drive
Arithmetic and Logic Unit J. Memory module
10. Technology that doubles the maximum bandwidth of
Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
(SDRAM)
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What’s New
Directions: Using the concept map, write key ideas about codes. Write your
answers on your answer sheet.
CODES
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What Is It
In this module, you will learn how computers store information in a numerical
format and test your skills at reading and writing in binary, converting decimal
numbers to binary, and calculating data storage. But before you continue, let’s
discuss first what is code. Your knowledge of code is needed in the succeeding
activities.
=D =O =R =M
you could read and write some words using just those shapes.
You would write ROOM like this:
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Exercise 1
Directions: Answer the following questions. Write your answers on your
answer sheet.
1. How would you use this code to write MOOD?
2. What other words could you spell with just these 4 characters?
(hint: they don’t all have to be four letters long!)
There are many kinds of code in the world. For example, Braille uses a
system of raised bumps to represent letters, allowing blind people to read
information from a surface using their fingertips. Morse code uses dots and
dashes—electronic signals that are very short or a little longer, if you hear
them—to spell words. Computers use a system called binary code to send,
receive, and store information.
The word “binary” means that something has TWO options. In binary
code, messages are transmitted using combination of only two symbols: the
number 1 and the number 0.
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A computer that understands two-digit messages has a two-bit
processing capacity. There are now FOUR possible messages that it can send
and receive: 00, 01, 10, and 11. Note that adding just one more bit to the
sequence doubled the computer’s processing capacity.
If we add one more digit—sending three-bit messages—the computer
would now be able to understand EIGHT possible messages: 000, 001, 010,
011, 100, 101, 110, and 111. We have doubled the processing capacity once
again.
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Note: Increasing the number of bits allows a computer to carry out more, and
more complex commands.
Most computers send and receive messages using an 8-bit binary
code—each letter and punctuation mark is represented by a series of 1’s and
0’s that is 8 digits long. To read a code in 8-bit binary, all you need is the key:
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Remember the long series of 1’s and 0’s at the beginning of this lesson?
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Step 4: Do it repeatedly until the quotient results to 0.
25/2 12 1
12/2 6 0
6/2 3 0
3/2 1 1
1/2 0 1
Step 5: Copy the remainder from bottom to top, and that is the binary
equivalent.
Quotient Remainder
25/2 12 1
12/2 6 0
6/2 3 0
3/2 1 1
1/2 0 1
25=11001
Exercise 2
Directions: Solve the problem with complete solution. You have two choices,
A and B. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Convert decimal number to binary numbers.
1. 30 A.11110 B. 10100
2. 45 A. 111010 B. 101101
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Step 2: Multiply the binary numbers with their corresponding powers of
two.
111001
1 x 20
0 x 21
0 x 22
1 x 23
1 x 24
1 x 25
Step 3: Write the final value (product) of each power of two.
111001
1 x 20 = 1
0 x 21 = 0
0 x 22 = 0
1 x 23 = 8
1 x 24 = 16
1 x 25 = 32
Step 4: Add the final values.
111001
1 x 20 = 1
0 x 21 = 0
0 x 22 = 0
ADD
1 x 23 = 8
1 x 24 = 16
1 x 25 = 32
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Exercise 3
Directions: Solve the problem with complete solution. You have two choices,
A and B. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
1. 111010 A. 57 B. 58
2. 101010 A. 42 B. 41
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Calculating Data Storage
While a bit is the smallest representation of data, the most basic unit of
digital storage is the byte. A byte is 8 bits and is the smallest unit of measure
(UOM) used to represent data storage capacity.
When referring to storage space, we use the terms bytes (B),
kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), and terabytes (TB).
Name of
Abbreviation Contents Bytes
Unit
1 symbol
1 bit 1 b (lower case)
either 1 or 0
1 Nibble 4 bits ½ byte
8 bits or 23
1 Byte 1B (upper case) 1 byte
bits
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1 Kilobyte 1 KB 2 bytes 1,024 bytes
1 Megabyte 1 MB (210)2 bytes 1,048,576 bytes
1 Gigabyte 1 GB (210)3 bytes 1,073,741,824 bytes
1 Terabyte 1 TB (210)4 bytes 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
1 Petabyte 1 PB (210)5 bytes 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes
1,152,921,504,606,846,976
1 Exabyte 1 EB (210)6 bytes
bytes
1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424
1 Zetabyte 1 ZB (210)7 bytes
bytes
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The capacity of the USB memory stick is now expressed in megabytes.
The following calculation will determine how many 6-megabyte files this storage
device can hold:
1000 / 6 = 166.66 files
As there are 150 music files, they will all fit on the USB memory stick.
This process can be applied to files of any type and size:
Exercise 4
Directions: Solve the problems indicated below with a complete solution.
1. How many 50 KB jpg files can be stored on a 2 MB folder on your hard drive?
2. How many 4 MB mp3 files can be stored on a 1 GB flash drive?
Did you understand the discussion? If yes, then we will apply what you have
learned in the next activity.
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What’s More
Directions: Try to work out these coded numbers. Write your answers on your
answer sheet.
1. =
=1
=0
2. =
=1
=0
3. 😊😊☹😊☹😊😊☹=
😊 =1
☹ =0
4. =
=1
=0
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5. =
=1
=0
000010000
010101010
001010100
010000010
101010101
010000010
001010100
010101010
000010000
2.
000010000
000101000
001000100
001111100
010000010
100101001
010010010
001000100
000111000
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3.
000010000
010111010
001010100
010010010
111111111
010010010
010010010
001010100
010111010
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Activity 5. Problem Solving
Directions: Solve the problems indicated below. Show your solution. Write
your answers on your answer sheet.
1. You have a smartphone with 6GB of storage. You want to store music
on the phone. A typical mp3 encoded music file takes up 4MB. How
many tracks can be stored on the phone?
Hint – convert capacity to the same size of storage units as the photos
before you start!
2. You have a smartphone with 6GB of storage. You want to store photos
on the phone. Assume that a typical photo taken by a phone will be
around 2MB.
Hint – convert capacity to the same size of storage units as the photos
before you start!
3. On your PC, you currently have 2500 documents with an average file
size of 50KB. You also have 5 movies using 2GB of space each and
1500 photos with an average file size of 3MB. If you wanted to store all
of these things in the cloud, how much storage space would you need to
purchase per month?
Hint – convert all files to the same size of storage units before you start!
Very good! Now it is time for you to apply what you have learned.
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What I Can Do
Excellent! It looks like you have already learned a lot! Let’s try to put into
practice what you have learned.
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speaks clearly speaks confusing was done and
and shows clearly and moments the
mastery of the conveys the during the presentation
topic being expected presentation lacks expected
Presentation
presented. information. and the information.
The information
information shared is
presented is incomplete.
complete.
Assessment
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3. Convert these binary numbers to their decimal equivalent.
a. 0001 0101 =
b. 1001 0101 =
c. 0010 0100 =
d. 0010 1110 =
e. 1110 0000 =
Additional Activities
As your additional activity for this lesson, complete the task below.
Directions: Encode the gathered data from your interviewee regarding your
outputs in What Can I Do in a short bond paper and insert pictures as
documentation.
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Answer Key
What’s In | page 3
1. I
2. D
3. F
4. G
5. E
6. J
7. B
8. C
9. A
10. H
2.
Exercise 2 | page 9
1.
2.
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Exercise 3 | page 10
1.
2.
Exercise 4 | page 12
1. 1 MB = 1,049,576 bytes
1 KB = 1,024 bytes
Given: 2 MB = 2,097,152 bytes
50 KB = 51,200 bytes
Solution: 2,097,152 bytes
51,200 bytes
= 40.96, 50 KB jpg files
2. 1 MB = 1,048,576 bytes
1 GB = 1,073,741,824 bytes
Given: 4 MB = 4,194,304 bytes
Solution: 1,073,741,824 bytes
4,194,304 bytes
= 256, 4 MB mp3 files
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Activity 2 | pages 14-15
1.
000010000
010101010
001010100
010000010
101010101
010000010
001010100
010101010
000010000
2.
000010000
000101000
001000100
001111100
010000010
100101001
010010010
001000100
000111000
3.
000010000
010111010
001010100
010010010
111111111
010010010
010010010
001010100
010111010
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Activity 3 | page 15
1. 00001111
2. 00001001
3. 00001011
4. 00001000
5. 00000111
Activity 4 | page 15
1. 42,949,672,960 bytes
2. 536,870,912 bytes
3. 31,457,280 KB
4. 225,280 KB
5. 1.63 MB
Activity 5 | page 16
1. Convert GB into MB so you are using a common quantity.
6GB = 6000MB
6000 MB/4 MB = 1,500 music files
2. Convert GB into MB so you are using the same quantity. 6GB = 6000MB
6000 MB / 2 MB = 3,000 photos
3. Because the storage of each file needs to be added up, you should keep
to the same size of storage units. So, for this example we will use
megabytes.
Text files: 50KB is 0.05MB, so storage of text files is 2500 x 0.05MB = 125
MB
Video files: 2 gigabytes is 2000 megabytes so they take 5 x 2000MB =
10,000 MB
Photo files: 1500 x 3MB = 4,500 MB
Adding them all up = = MB
Convert the MB back into GB: MB = GB.
So, you would need to purchase at least 15GB of storage space.
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What I Can Do | pages 17-18
Answers may vary.
2.
3.
a. 22
b. 150
c. 39
d. 46
e. 224
Additional Activities| page 19
Answers may vary.
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References
“Distance Learning Module,” McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, last
modified March 6, 2020, www.starhop.com/blog/2020/4/1/distance-
learning-module-getting-started-with-binary-code
“Bits, bytes, and nibbles,” Yummy Math, last modified August 11, 2013,
www.yummymath.com/2013/bits-bytes-and-nibbles/
“Free Binary Numbers Worksheets for the Classroom,” Teach You Kid Code,
last modified July 20, 2022, https://teachyourkidscode.com/free-binary-
numbers-worksheet-for-the-holidays/
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