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ASSIGNMENT 1
Textbook Assignment: "Number Systems," chapter 1, pages 1-1 through 1-69.
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1-1. Modern number systems are built around
which of the following components?
1. Unit, number, and radix
2. Number, base, and radix
3. Position, power, and unit
4. Digit, power, and position
1-2. What term describes a single object in a
modern number system?
1. Unit
2. Base
3. Digit
4. Number
1-3. What is a number?
1. A quantity of objects
2. A counting system based on symbols
3. The decimal system
4. A symbol representing a unit or a
quantity
1-4. Which of the following symbols is NOT
an Arabic figure?
1. C
2.
2
3.
7
4.
9
1-5. What term describes the number of
symbols used in a number system?
1. Power
2. Radix
3. Exponent
4. Subscript
1-6. What is the base of a number system
using all the letters of the
alphabet A=0, B=1, C=2, and so forth?
1.
29
2.
25
3.
28
4.
26
1-7. A number system uses the symbols 0
through 4. What is its base?
1.
6
2.
5
3.
3
4.
4
1-8. Using positional notation, what two
factors determine the value of a number?
1. Symbol and position
2. Position and base
3. Radix and symbol
4. Unit and symbol
1-9. How many decimal units are represented
by the 5 in the number 157210?
1. 100
2. 50
3. 500
4.
5000
1-10. The 1 in 157210 is equal to what power of
ten?
1.
101
2.
102
3.
103
4.
104
