Bit Quiz 16 4+

A computer puzzle that gets easier as it gets harder. In Bit Quiz 16 you’re the CPU. Play to learn about how computers use bits while improving mental math skills.

Whether you’re a learner or a professional programer, Bit Quiz 16's clean design, progressive levels, and interactive simulation of computer memory lets you learn hands-on the properties and patterns of binary arithmetic by tapping bits. Another benefit of playing through each level of Bit Quiz 16 is mastering addition, subtraction, and regrouping of numbers in your head with progressively larger amounts.
- 16 bits of fully interactive computer memory that work in portrait and landscape orientations as well as dark mode.
- Dynamically displays how decimal numbers are expressed in binary and how binary values add up to represent any unsigned integer value.
- Visually demonstrates the properties of bits including index, boolean, and place value.
- Easy to play game with infinite rounds and 7 levels where you practice loading values into memory.
- Levels include: Nibble (4 bits), ASCII (7 bits), Byte (8 bits), Nobble (10 bits), Gibble (12 bits), Gobble (14 bits), and High Color (16 bits).
- Tracks your stats for each level including timing and error rate.
- Demonstrates how bits encode ASCII characters and RGB colors.
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Archimedes famously said “Give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth.” If he were alive today he might say this about the power of bits and computer programming: "Give me a bit and a place to store it and I will put a dent in the universe.” All of our advances in software, hardware, communications, and networking are built upon the humble bit. A binary digit has only two states, 0 and 1, and yet bits empower us to pinpoint our location via GPS satellites, converse with AIs, and order pizzas online. Bit Quiz 16 is a celebration of bits and also a simple brain teaser that encourages the player to think about the power of bits. It's a classic learn-by-doing game that invites exploration with direct experimentation.
In this mathematical quiz game, you play the role of a computer’s CPU, the central processing unit, that manages all the work done by the other components inside your computer. Your mission is to accurately load decimal-numbers into your 16-bit memory. You must do data loading, like every computer does, with patterns of 0s and 1s, known to computer programmers as bits—binary digits. Bit Quiz 16 gives you an inside look at how computers work with binary numbers to represent information.
Your challenge in the game is to convert decimal-numbers to binary numbers—all in your head. You’ll record your solution by flipping bits in the memory of a simple computer. By playing Bit Quiz 16, you’ll improve your confidence with mental math, learn the first 16 powers of two, and gain an intuitive understanding of how values are encoded as patterns of bits. The more you play Bit Quiz 16, the better you’ll get at reasoning about binary numbers without the help of a calculator. Bit Quiz 16 is a great way to exercise your brain and learn about the inner workings of computers at the same time!
If you’re interested in how computers store and manipulate numbers, if you enjoy conceptual puzzles, if you want to learn something fundamental about computer programming, if you want to do more with the supercomputer in your pocket then Bit Quiz 16 is for you. As an educational game Bit Quiz 16 is perfect for junior high school students and above as well as lifelong learners.
This quiz game won’t teach you how to code but it will help you learn about bits, binary numbers, and how information is encoded into a computer’s memory. It may also help you prepare your brain for working with digital information and computer programming. The properties and behavior of binary numbers are core to how computer software and hardware work with transistors, networks, logic, and symbols. Bits, binary digits, are the basic units of Information Theory—the science that makes Computer Science possible.