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Binary Numbers and Coding Cards

Use five cards to count, convert and send secret messages in binary, the language computers use.

Grade 7Math ChallengeTechnologyMathCodingNumber SenseLogicIntermediate45 to 70 min4 materials

What you'll learn

  • Explain place value in base 2
  • Convert whole numbers to and from binary
  • Encode and decode a short message

Objective

Convert between ordinary numbers and binary, and use binary to encode letters in a message.

STEM concepts

BinaryBits and bytesEncodingHow computers store information
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