3CAC hexadecimal to binary

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

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

C × 16⁰ = 12
A × 16¹ = 160
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:

12 + 160 + 3072 + 12288 = 15532

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.

15532 ÷ 2 = 7766 with 0 remainder
7766 ÷ 2 = 3883 with 0 remainder
3883 ÷ 2 = 1941 with 1 remainder
1941 ÷ 2 = 970 with 1 remainder
970 ÷ 2 = 485 with 0 remainder
485 ÷ 2 = 242 with 1 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 3CAC hexadecimal to binary:

3CAC hexadecimal = 11110010101100 binary

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