Lesson 3

Information Sheet 2.3

Perform Calculations Needed to Complete Task using the Four Mathematical Fundamental Operations:
Addition (+), Subtraction (-), Multiplication (x), Division (%)

Megabytes, Gigabytes, Terabytes…..

What are they
These terms are usually used in the world of computing to describe disk space, or data storage space, and
system memory.
Bit
Bit is the smallest unit of data that a computer uses. It can be used to represent two states of information
such as Yes or No.
Byte
A Byte is equal to 8 bits. A byte can represent 256 states of information, for example, numbers and
letters. I byte could be equal to a word. 100 bytes could equal an average sentence.
Kilobyte
A kilobyte is 1024 bytes. I kilobyte would be equal to this paragraph you are reading whereas 100
kilobytes would be equal to an entire page.
Megabyte
A megabyte is 1024 kilobytes. In the early days of computing, a megabyte was considered to be a large
amount of data. These days with a 500 GB hard drive on computer being common, a megabyte doesn’t seem
like much anymore.
Gigabyte
A gigabyte is 1024 megabytes. A gigabyte is still a very common term used these days when referring to
disk space or drive storage. 1GB could hold the contents of about 10 yards of books on a shelf. 100 gigabytes
could hold the entire library floor of academic journals.
Terabyte
A terabyte is approximately one trillion bytes, or 1024 GB. A terabyte can hold 1000 copies of
Encyclopedia Britannica. It could also hold about 300 hours of good quality videos.
Petabyte
A petabyte is 1024 terabytes or about 1 million GB. A petabyte can hold approximately 20 million 4-
door filing cabinets full of text.
Exabyte
An Exabyte is 1024 petabyte. Another way of looking at it is that an Exabyte is approximately 1 Billion
GB
Zettabyte
A zettabyte is approximately 1024 Exabyte
Yottabyte
Approximately 1024 Zettabytes
Brontobyte
Approximately 1024 Yottabytes
Geopbyte
Approximately 1024 Brontobytes

CONVERSIONS
1 bit (binary digit)
8 bits 1 byte
1024 bytes 1 kilobyte
1024 kilobytes 1 megabyte
1024 megabyte 1 gigabyte
1024 gigabyte 1 terabyte
1024 terabyte 1 petabyte
1024 perabytes 1 exabyte
1024 exabyte 1 zettabytes
1024 zettabytes 1 yottabyte
1024 yottabytes 1 brontobyte
1024 brontobytes 1 geopbyte
Activity
Instruction: Read the question carefully. Write your answers in the blank.

1. You have 3 files with different sizes and you want to move them in your flash drive. Your 2GB
flashdrive has no more available storage space. How much space do the 3 files need?

16 Mb 3 Mb 145 Kb = ________________ Mb

2. Your teacher ask you to create a copy of your document. if you will create 2 copies in the same drive,
how much total space will it need?

156 Mb

answer: _________Mb

3. You have a 500Gb hard disk in your computer. You are ask to create 2 parts with the same space. How
much space does each part have in Kb?

____________Kb
Wednesday 1:00pm

Name: Section:

Grade level: Score:

Instruction: Perform the operations needed. Write your answers on the blank.

1. 1 Terabyte + 500 Gigabytes = ______Megabytes

2. 500 Gigabytes – 550 Megabytes= ________ Megabytes
3. 5 Gigabytes X 2 = _____Gigabytes
4. 2 Petabytes=_______Terabytes
5. 5 Zettabytes=________Exabytes
6. 500 Gigabyte/2 =_______Kilobytes
7. 48 bytes=______Bits
8. 448 bits=_____bytes
9. 256 bytes X 5=_____Kilobytes
10. 5, 120 kilobytes=______Megabytes

Wednesday 1:00pm

Name: Section:

Grade level: Score:

Instruction: Perform the operations needed. Write your answers on the blank.

11. 1 Terabyte + 500 Gigabytes = ______Megabytes

12. 500 Gigabytes – 550 Megabytes= ________ Megabytes
13. 5 Gigabytes X 2 = _____Gigabytes
14. 2 Petabytes=_______Terabytes
15. 5 Zettabytes=________Exabytes
16. 500 Gigabyte/2 =_______Kilobytes
17. 48 bytes=______Bits
18. 448 bits=_____bytes
19. 256 bytes X 5=_____Kilobytes
20. 5, 120 kilobytes=______Megabytes
Answer key:

Evaluation sheet

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2. 561 450
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5. 5 120
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7. 384
8. 56
9. 1
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