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Quick questions on Two's complement and denary-binary conversion: signed integers and 8-bit conversion - Edexcel GCSE Computer Science

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What are not padding to 8 bits?
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A conversion answer must have the requested number of bits, with leading zeros if needed.
What is q1?
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Convert the 8-bit two's complement number 1111111111111111 to denary. [1 mark]
What is q2?
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State the range of values that 8-bit two's complement can represent. [1 mark]

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