7.1 01100011 01101000 01100101 01101101 01101001
01110011 01110100 01110010 01111001 Investigation
BackgroundCodes are often used to represent information. Codes can be used to conceal information or as
shorthand to express ideas. The Enigma code machine was a famously “unbreakable” code that
the Germans used to send high priority messages in World War II. You use codes when you text
your friends: ROFL, LOL, BRB, etc.
Chemists also have a code that you have already begun to work out. The chemical symbols
represent the code for each element. Using symbols and notations shorten the process (if you
understand the code) of writing out what chemical reaction occurred.
Today you are going to take on the role of code breakers solving a puzzle written in binary code.
Your task is to break the code and use the information to solve the puzzle. Binary code is the
language of computers. In fact it is the only language the processor can understand. The BIOS
chip changes all computer languages into binary code. It is called binary code because
everything must be expressed as a 1 (on) or a 0 (off).
For example –
Normal Numbers
0
1
2
3
4
5
Binary Equivalents
0
1
10
11
100
101
You may not speak binary but we have a tool that can help you
http://www.binarytranslator.com
Investigation Question – What are the key pieces of information needed to solve an
equation?
Guiding your hypothesis- In math class you have solved numerous equations. What did you
Page
need to solve those?
1
Hypothesis: The key components of ANY equations are __________________.
©2014, Simplify Science Select LLC
7.1 01100011 01101000 01100101 01101101 01101001
01110011 01110100 01110010 01111001 Investigation
Procedure – Read the entire procedure carefully BEFORE performing any of the tasks
below and Record the necessary information below
1. Navigate to http://www.binarytranslator.com and write your name in binary in your
investigations notebook.
2. Fill in the data chart below translating EACH clue (binary in boxes). Can you solve
the clues? Explain why not.
Equation #
Clue 1
Clue 2
Clue 3
Clue 4
1
2
3
4
3. If you need additional assistance in breaking the code, navigate to
(http://www.freetranslation.com/en/translate-english-spanish.html)
4. Solve each puzzle and record the answers in your investigations notebook.
Equation #1
+
01010000 01100001
01101110
+
01001010 01100001
01101100 01100101
01100001 00100000
01100100 01100101
00100000 01110101
01110110 01100001
=
2
+
Page
01001101 01100001
01101110 01110100
01100101 01110001
01110101 01101001
01101100 01101100
01100001 00100000
01100100 01100101
00100000 01101101
01100001 01101110
011000011 010101101
©2014, Simplify Science Select LLC
7.1 01100011 01101000 01100101 01101101 01101001
01110011 01110100 01110010 01111001 Investigation
Equation #2
01010001 01110101
01100101 01110011
01101111
01000111 01100001
01101100 01101100
01100101 01110100
01100001 01110011
00100000 01110011
01100001 01101100
01100001 01100100
01100001 01110011
+
+
01010100 01110101
01110010 01101011
01100101 01111001
=
Equation #3
01001100 01101111
01110011 00100000
01100110 01101001
01100100 01100101
01101111 01110011
01010011 01100001
01101100 01110011
01100001 00100000
01101101 01100001
01110010 01101001
01101110 01100001
01110010 01100001
+
=
Equation #4
01000110 01110010
01101001 01101010
01101111 01101100
01100101 01110011
+
=
3
01001100 01100001
00100000 01100011
01100001 01110010
01101110 01100101
+
01010001 01110101
01100101 01110011
01101111
Page
+
01010100 01101111
01110010 01110100
01101001 01101100
01101100 01100001
©2014, Simplify Science Select LLC
7.1 01100011 01101000 01100101 01101101 01101001
01110011 01110100 01110010 01111001 Investigation
Analysis –
1) Was it easy to transfer the code from the lab to the translator without having some idea
of what the meaning was?
2) How will changing a single 1 to a zero affect the results of the code?
3) Water (H2O) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) are the same with the exception of a single
number. What would happen washed your hair with hydrogen peroxide instead of
water?
4) Practice with the code. Without referring to your polyatomic ions list write the correct
name for the ionic compounds below:
a. LiOH –
c. KClO4 –
b. Na2SO4 –
d. CoCl2 –
5) Provide the name for the covalent compound below:
a. H2O
d. SF6
b. PCl5
e. N3O7
Page
4
c. N5Cl10
©2014, Simplify Science Select LLC