Unit Award Scheme

116061 COMPUTATIONAL THINKING: UNDERSTANDING NUMBER BASES

In successfully completing this unit, the Learner will have		Evidence needed
acquired an understanding of
1	different number bases, ie binary, denary (decimal) and hexadecimal, and why they are used in computers	Student completed work
demonstrated the ability to
2	convert between binary and denary, binary and hexadecimal and denary and hexadecimal	Student completed work
3	add together three binary numbers up to a maximum of 8-bits	Student completed work
shown knowledge of
4	how the binary, denary (decimal) and hexadecimal number systems can be used to represent whole numbers	Summary sheet
5	the principles of binary addition	Student completed work
acquired an understanding of
6	the purpose of data and instructions in computer systems being represented in binary form, and why hexadecimal is often used in computer science	Summary sheet
7	how a computer recognises data as a series of 1s and 0s	Summary sheet
8	what a bit is when working with binary in a computational thinking context	Summary sheet
9	how the binary, denary (decimal) and hexadecimal number systems work.	Summary sheet

All outcomes recorded on an AQA Summary Sheet

Approved 9 August 2021Level - Level Two