388C hexadecimal to binary

Here we will show you how to convert the hexadecimal number 388C to a binary number. First note that the hexadecimal number system has sixteen different digits (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F) and the binary number system has only two different digits (0 and 1).

The four steps used to convert 388C from hexadecimal to binary are explained below.

Step 1)
Multiply the last digit in 388C by 16⁰, multiply the second to last digit in 388C by 16¹, multiply the third to last digit in 388C by 16², multiply the fourth to last digit in 388C by 16³, and so on, until all the digits are used.

C × 16⁰ = 12
8 × 16¹ = 128
8 × 16² = 2048
3 × 16³ = 12288

Remember that the hexadecimal number system has sixteen different digits, so when doing the above calculation, we use the following values if applicable: A=10, B=11, C=12, D=13, E=14, and F=15.

Step 2)
Next, we add up all the products we got from Step 1, like this:

12 + 128 + 2048 + 12288 = 14476

Step 3)
Now we divide the sum from Step 2 by 2. Put the remainder aside. Then divide the whole part by 2 again, and put the remainder aside again. Keep doing this until the whole part is 0.

14476 ÷ 2 = 7238 with 0 remainder
7238 ÷ 2 = 3619 with 0 remainder
3619 ÷ 2 = 1809 with 1 remainder
1809 ÷ 2 = 904 with 1 remainder
904 ÷ 2 = 452 with 0 remainder
452 ÷ 2 = 226 with 0 remainder
226 ÷ 2 = 113 with 0 remainder
113 ÷ 2 = 56 with 1 remainder
56 ÷ 2 = 28 with 0 remainder
28 ÷ 2 = 14 with 0 remainder
14 ÷ 2 = 7 with 0 remainder
7 ÷ 2 = 3 with 1 remainder
3 ÷ 2 = 1 with 1 remainder
1 ÷ 2 = 0 with 1 remainder

Step 4)
In the final step, we take the remainders from Step 3 and put them together in reverse order to get our answer to 388C hexadecimal to binary:

388C hexadecimal = 11100010001100 binary

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