Quantities of information

Hi, little one! Today we will talk about quantities of information. Have you ever heard of information before? It's everything we know or learn, like the stories we read or the videos we watch.

Now, let's imagine that we have some toys in a basket. We can count how many toys are in the basket, right? We say that the number of toys is a quantity.

Similarly, we can also measure the amount of information we have. We use a special unit of measurement called bits. Each bit represents a choice between two options, like "yes" or "no".

Let's use an example. Imagine you want to send a message to your friend. You can send them a message with only two options: "yes" or "no". That would be one bit of information.

But what if you want to tell them a longer message, like "I had pancakes for breakfast"? This message has many letters and words, so it has more bits of information.

We can calculate the number of bits by multiplying the number of letters and words in the message by the number of bits each letter or word represents.

So, quantities of information tell us how much knowledge or data we have, and bits are the units we use to measure it. I hope this helps you understand!