AB5F hexadecimal to binary

Here we will show you how to convert the hexadecimal number AB5F 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 AB5F from hexadecimal to binary are explained below.

Step 1)
Multiply the last digit in AB5F by 16⁰, multiply the second to last digit in AB5F by 16¹, multiply the third to last digit in AB5F by 16², multiply the fourth to last digit in AB5F by 16³, and so on, until all the digits are used.

F × 16⁰ = 15
5 × 16¹ = 80
B × 16² = 2816
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 + 80 + 2816 + 40960 = 43871

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.

43871 ÷ 2 = 21935 with 1 remainder
21935 ÷ 2 = 10967 with 1 remainder
10967 ÷ 2 = 5483 with 1 remainder
5483 ÷ 2 = 2741 with 1 remainder
2741 ÷ 2 = 1370 with 1 remainder
1370 ÷ 2 = 685 with 0 remainder
685 ÷ 2 = 342 with 1 remainder
342 ÷ 2 = 171 with 0 remainder
171 ÷ 2 = 85 with 1 remainder
85 ÷ 2 = 42 with 1 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 AB5F hexadecimal to binary:

AB5F hexadecimal = 1010101101011111 binary

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