56CF hexadecimal to binary

Here we will show you how to convert the hexadecimal number 56CF 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 56CF from hexadecimal to binary are explained below.

Step 1)
Multiply the last digit in 56CF by 16⁰, multiply the second to last digit in 56CF by 16¹, multiply the third to last digit in 56CF by 16², multiply the fourth to last digit in 56CF by 16³, and so on, until all the digits are used.

F × 16⁰ = 15
C × 16¹ = 192
6 × 16² = 1536
5 × 16³ = 20480

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 + 192 + 1536 + 20480 = 22223

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.

22223 ÷ 2 = 11111 with 1 remainder
11111 ÷ 2 = 5555 with 1 remainder
5555 ÷ 2 = 2777 with 1 remainder
2777 ÷ 2 = 1388 with 1 remainder
1388 ÷ 2 = 694 with 0 remainder
694 ÷ 2 = 347 with 0 remainder
347 ÷ 2 = 173 with 1 remainder
173 ÷ 2 = 86 with 1 remainder
86 ÷ 2 = 43 with 0 remainder
43 ÷ 2 = 21 with 1 remainder
21 ÷ 2 = 10 with 1 remainder
10 ÷ 2 = 5 with 0 remainder
5 ÷ 2 = 2 with 1 remainder
2 ÷ 2 = 1 with 0 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 56CF hexadecimal to binary:

56CF hexadecimal = 101011011001111 binary

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