Converting Between Bits and Bytes - 'Ladder' Analogy - General Maths

Here is an analogy to simplify the process of converting between bits and bytes.
I realise there may be some ambiguity between SI and Binary prefixes, however, for the purposes of the HSC General Maths syllabus, the information in this video is accurate.

[timaya]

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[SGC]

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[LAVANYAR-ofqv]

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[sunillama]

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you don't use capital and lower b in this way (1kB and 1kb) you write it as 1KB and 1 KiB
1KB = 1000 Bits and 1 KiB = 1024 Bits

[DanteKG.]

Sorry to see this video misguided so many people... the only reliable information here is at the end. A byte indeed consists of 8 bits. But the lesson about 1000 and 1024 isnt applicable to "bit vs byte" but to "decimal vs binary prefix". In short there are 2 dichotomies for a total of 4 possibilities: megabit (Mb), megabyte (MB), mebibit (Mib) and mebibyte (MiB). Converting between bits and bytes of the same order of magnitude is done by multiplying and dividing by 8. Converting between orders of magnitude is done by multiplying/dividing by 1000 (for decimal prefix) or 1024 (for binary prefix) regardless if bits or bytes are in question

[RespectEdits]

Does it not make more sense to multiply by 1024 or 1000 to go up the ladder since for example one GB is worth 1 * 1024 MB?

[hopperv]

For those who want to know why we have to multiply by 1024 and not 1000 it is because its not kilobyte but kibibyte (KiB) and 1 KiB = 2^10 bytes = 1024 bytes. The same applies for mega -> mebi (2^20), giga -> gibi (2^30), etc... .

[xorbite]

I've been struggling with the conversion for a while now, I wasn't aware of how easy it could be if you knew the method. Thanks a lot for making this video!

[RML]

Thanks a lot, lol it was so confusing to me but in the end i found it very easy :D

[AmataSora]

Why must we use 1K for bit instead of 1024 like Byte does?

[marius]

This gave me aha moment i was looking for. Thank you for sharing :)

[commenter]

This made things so much easier. Great video.

[trimaineyoung]

Thank you so much. I needed this tutorial. Whew!

[UnknownSendr]

Why did you choose to do one in the rounding metric units of 1000 and for the other the exact value of 1024.

[sadeemali]

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[Bruh-]

Thanks bro, that saved me at the exam

[mikeef]

Don't you have this backwards? A kilobit is >>> 1 bit x 1000 = 1 kilobit. So when you go up you multiply, but when you go down you divide.