A8BF hexadecimal to binary

Here we will show you how to convert the hexadecimal number A8BF 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 A8BF from hexadecimal to binary are explained below.

Step 1)
Multiply the last digit in A8BF by 16⁰, multiply the second to last digit in A8BF by 16¹, multiply the third to last digit in A8BF by 16², multiply the fourth to last digit in A8BF by 16³, and so on, until all the digits are used.

F × 16⁰ = 15
B × 16¹ = 176
8 × 16² = 2048
A × 16³ = 40960

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 + 2048 + 40960 = 43199

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.

43199 ÷ 2 = 21599 with 1 remainder
21599 ÷ 2 = 10799 with 1 remainder
10799 ÷ 2 = 5399 with 1 remainder
5399 ÷ 2 = 2699 with 1 remainder
2699 ÷ 2 = 1349 with 1 remainder
1349 ÷ 2 = 674 with 1 remainder
674 ÷ 2 = 337 with 0 remainder
337 ÷ 2 = 168 with 1 remainder
168 ÷ 2 = 84 with 0 remainder
84 ÷ 2 = 42 with 0 remainder
42 ÷ 2 = 21 with 0 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 A8BF hexadecimal to binary:

A8BF hexadecimal = 1010100010111111 binary

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