Maths for A Level Computer Science CO518 / A24
Summary
Enhance your A-level CS teaching with a deep focus on number representation. This course covers binary/denary conversions, floating point numbers, normalisation, and related mathematical operations, boosting your confidence in teaching maths-related content.
Who is it for?
This course is aimed at teachers delivering A Level computer science. Since this content is not covered in most GCSE specifications we will take you right from the very basics to the more advanced topics.
What topics are covered?
Section 1 - Intro representing numbers at A level
Representing numbers in binaryRepresenting numbers in hexadecimalBinary addition including adding 4 1’sMethods for representing negative numbers
Section 2 - Floating point numbers
Fixed point binary representationConverting normalised numbers into decimal values
Section 3 - Binary Addition and Subtraction using 2s Complement
Converting numbers that are not in normalised formAdding up floating point numbers with different exponentsSubtracting floating point numbers with different exponents
How will you learn?
This online, self-paced course can be completed flexibly. You can join and start this course at any time after the advertised date, and keep access for a year after booking.
How long is this course?
This course is approximately 3 hours of self directed learning.
Who is the course leader?
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This is a self-paced Online Course
The course leader will be introduced in the course.
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Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will:
- Represent signed integers using sign and 2's complement for both positive and negative numbers.
- Perform binary subtraction calculations.
- Represent decimal values using fixed point and floating point representation.
- Normalise non-normalised positive and negative floating point numbers.
- Perform addition and subtraction of floating point numbers.
Sessions
| Date | Time | |
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| 1 Maths for A Level Computer Science | 01 April 2025 | 00:00-00:00 |
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Cost
| English Maintained | Activity feeFree | Subsidy available*£0.00 |
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| Other | Activity feeFree | Subsidy available*£0.00 |
| Priority school | Activity feeFree | Subsidy available*£0.00 |
| Priority school repeat teacher | Activity feeFree | Subsidy available*£0.00 |
| Trainee Teacher | Activity feeFree | |
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