86BF hexadecimal to binary

Here we will show you how to convert the hexadecimal number 86BF 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 86BF from hexadecimal to binary are explained below.

Step 1)
Multiply the last digit in 86BF by 16⁰, multiply the second to last digit in 86BF by 16¹, multiply the third to last digit in 86BF by 16², multiply the fourth to last digit in 86BF by 16³, and so on, until all the digits are used.

F × 16⁰ = 15
B × 16¹ = 176
6 × 16² = 1536
8 × 16³ = 32768

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 + 176 + 1536 + 32768 = 34495

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.

34495 ÷ 2 = 17247 with 1 remainder
17247 ÷ 2 = 8623 with 1 remainder
8623 ÷ 2 = 4311 with 1 remainder
4311 ÷ 2 = 2155 with 1 remainder
2155 ÷ 2 = 1077 with 1 remainder
1077 ÷ 2 = 538 with 1 remainder
538 ÷ 2 = 269 with 0 remainder
269 ÷ 2 = 134 with 1 remainder
134 ÷ 2 = 67 with 0 remainder
67 ÷ 2 = 33 with 1 remainder
33 ÷ 2 = 16 with 1 remainder
16 ÷ 2 = 8 with 0 remainder
8 ÷ 2 = 4 with 0 remainder
4 ÷ 2 = 2 with 0 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 86BF hexadecimal to binary:

86BF hexadecimal = 1000011010111111 binary

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