3EC1 hexadecimal to binary

Here we will show you how to convert the hexadecimal number 3EC1 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 3EC1 from hexadecimal to binary are explained below.

Step 1)
Multiply the last digit in 3EC1 by 16⁰, multiply the second to last digit in 3EC1 by 16¹, multiply the third to last digit in 3EC1 by 16², multiply the fourth to last digit in 3EC1 by 16³, and so on, until all the digits are used.

1 × 16⁰ = 1
C × 16¹ = 192
E × 16² = 3584
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:

1 + 192 + 3584 + 12288 = 16065

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.

16065 ÷ 2 = 8032 with 1 remainder
8032 ÷ 2 = 4016 with 0 remainder
4016 ÷ 2 = 2008 with 0 remainder
2008 ÷ 2 = 1004 with 0 remainder
1004 ÷ 2 = 502 with 0 remainder
502 ÷ 2 = 251 with 0 remainder
251 ÷ 2 = 125 with 1 remainder
125 ÷ 2 = 62 with 1 remainder
62 ÷ 2 = 31 with 0 remainder
31 ÷ 2 = 15 with 1 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 3EC1 hexadecimal to binary:

3EC1 hexadecimal = 11111011000001 binary

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