87C0 hexadecimal to binary

Here we will show you how to convert the hexadecimal number 87C0 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 87C0 from hexadecimal to binary are explained below.

Step 1)
Multiply the last digit in 87C0 by 16⁰, multiply the second to last digit in 87C0 by 16¹, multiply the third to last digit in 87C0 by 16², multiply the fourth to last digit in 87C0 by 16³, and so on, until all the digits are used.

0 × 16⁰ = 0
C × 16¹ = 192
7 × 16² = 1792
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:

0 + 192 + 1792 + 32768 = 34752

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.

34752 ÷ 2 = 17376 with 0 remainder
17376 ÷ 2 = 8688 with 0 remainder
8688 ÷ 2 = 4344 with 0 remainder
4344 ÷ 2 = 2172 with 0 remainder
2172 ÷ 2 = 1086 with 0 remainder
1086 ÷ 2 = 543 with 0 remainder
543 ÷ 2 = 271 with 1 remainder
271 ÷ 2 = 135 with 1 remainder
135 ÷ 2 = 67 with 1 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 87C0 hexadecimal to binary:

87C0 hexadecimal = 1000011111000000 binary

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