Digits Needed to Write Decimal
Numbers as Binary Numbers
Decimal
Number, x
Digits Needed for
the Equivalent
Binary Number, y
2
2
4
3
8
16
32
4
5
6
Each place in a decimal number can be one of
the digits 0 to 9. Each place in a binary number
can only be 0 or 1. The table shows the number
of digits needed to represent several decimal
numbers as binary numbers.
Which type of function best models the data in
the table?
DONE