Year 8 – Lesson 5 – Large quantities
This lesson familiarises learners with bytes and the prefixes used for measuring representation size, such as ‘kilo-’, ‘mega-’, ‘giga-’ and ‘tera-’. Simple activities embed these concepts in real-life settings and introduce learners to conversions between the different units and multiples.
Learning objectives
- Convert between different units and multiples of representation size
- Provide examples of the different ways that binary digits are physically represented in digital devices
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