Mathematics in Action: Binary Conversion

One of the most impressive feats this term was the students’ mastery of binary and denary conversion. Using the binary place value table, Year 7s learned to translate our everyday numbers (denary) into the language of the computer (binary).

The Year 7s didn’t stop at conversion; they progressed to binary addition. Seeing the ‘click’ moment when a student successfully calculates 1 + 1 = 10 in binary is always a highlight of the curriculum.