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Calculating File Sizes (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE Computer Science)

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Calculating File Sizes

How do you calculate the size of a bitmap image?

Calculating the size of a bitmap image can be carried out with either of the following formulas:
- Resolution x colour depth
- Image width x image height x colour depth

Example

Image Files

(Resolution) x (Colour Depth)

Size of bitmap image =
Resolution	250,000	Resolution = width x height
Colour Depth	24 bits (3 bytes)	24 bits = 3 bytes
250,000 x 24	= (bit to bytes) /8 (bytes to KiB) /1024	6,000,000 bits 750,000 bytes 732 KiB
250000 x 3	= (bytes to KiB) /1024	750,000 bytes 732 KiB

OR

Image Files

(Image width) x (Image height) x (Colour Depth)

Size of bitmap image =
Image width	500
Image height	500
Colour Depth	24 bits	24 bits = 3 bytes
(500 x 500 x 24)	= (bit to bytes) /8 (bytes to KiB) /1024	6,000,000 bits 750,000 bytes 732 KiB
(500 x 500 x 3)	= (bytes to KiB) /1024	750,000 bytes 732 KiB

How do you calculate the size of a sound file?

Calculating the size of a sound file is carried out with the following formula:
- Sample rate x duration x sample resolution

Example

Sound Files

(Sample Rate) x (Duration in seconds) x (Sample Resolution)

Size of sound file =
Sample rate	100	Samples per second
Duration	60	Seconds
Sample resolution	24	Number of bits stored per sample
100 x 60 x 24	= (bit to bytes) /8 (bytes to KiB) /1024	144,000 bits 18,000 bytes 18 KiB

Last updated: 13 May 2024

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