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A Level Student Booster - Boolean Logic (Pre-event materials)
In this online session you will learn about Boolean Logic. The session is aimed at A-level students in Year 12, and is a broad overview of the topic, taking students from the basic gates and truth tables, through expressions, circuits, the half-adder, algebra and Karnaugh maps. By attending this event, you will:
- Understand why computers use Boolean logic
- Recap all six logic gate symbols, their truth tables, and operator precedence
- Draw a circuit from a truth table or problem statement
- Write an expression from a circuit and vice versa
- Overview of the binary half-adder circuit
- Overview of Boolean algebra and using it to simplify an expression
- Overview of Karnaugh maps and using it to simplify an expression.
These materials are shared only with Isaac Computer Science Booster participants in accordance with the Isaac Computer Science Terms of Use policy here: https://isaaccomputerscience.org/terms?examBoard=all&stage=all
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