38DF hexadecimal to binary

Here we will show you how to convert the hexadecimal number 38DF 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 38DF from hexadecimal to binary are explained below.

Step 1)
Multiply the last digit in 38DF by 16⁰, multiply the second to last digit in 38DF by 16¹, multiply the third to last digit in 38DF by 16², multiply the fourth to last digit in 38DF by 16³, and so on, until all the digits are used.

F × 16⁰ = 15
D × 16¹ = 208
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:

15 + 208 + 2048 + 12288 = 14559

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.

14559 ÷ 2 = 7279 with 1 remainder
7279 ÷ 2 = 3639 with 1 remainder
3639 ÷ 2 = 1819 with 1 remainder
1819 ÷ 2 = 909 with 1 remainder
909 ÷ 2 = 454 with 1 remainder
454 ÷ 2 = 227 with 0 remainder
227 ÷ 2 = 113 with 1 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 38DF hexadecimal to binary:

38DF hexadecimal = 11100011011111 binary

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