3C8B hexadecimal to binary

Here we will show you how to convert the hexadecimal number 3C8B 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 3C8B from hexadecimal to binary are explained below.

Step 1)
Multiply the last digit in 3C8B by 16⁰, multiply the second to last digit in 3C8B by 16¹, multiply the third to last digit in 3C8B by 16², multiply the fourth to last digit in 3C8B by 16³, and so on, until all the digits are used.

B × 16⁰ = 11
8 × 16¹ = 128
C × 16² = 3072
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:

11 + 128 + 3072 + 12288 = 15499

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.

15499 ÷ 2 = 7749 with 1 remainder
7749 ÷ 2 = 3874 with 1 remainder
3874 ÷ 2 = 1937 with 0 remainder
1937 ÷ 2 = 968 with 1 remainder
968 ÷ 2 = 484 with 0 remainder
484 ÷ 2 = 242 with 0 remainder
242 ÷ 2 = 121 with 0 remainder
121 ÷ 2 = 60 with 1 remainder
60 ÷ 2 = 30 with 0 remainder
30 ÷ 2 = 15 with 0 remainder
15 ÷ 2 = 7 with 1 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 3C8B hexadecimal to binary:

3C8B hexadecimal = 11110010001011 binary

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