Binary Switches
Flip eight light switches to make each number in binary.
Each round shows a denary number from 0 to 255. Students flip the 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2 and 1 switches until the lights add up to the target. Rounds get harder as they go, ending with a reverse challenge: read the binary and type the number.
Learning goals
- Convert denary numbers to 8-bit binary
- Convert binary numbers back to denary
- Understand place value in base 2