E879 hexadecimal to octal

Here we will show you how to convert the hexadecimal number E879 to an octal 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 octal number system has only eight different digits (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7).

The four steps used to convert E879 from hexadecimal to octal are explained below.

Step 1)
Multiply the last digit in E879 by 16⁰, multiply the second to last digit in E879 by 16¹, multiply the third to last digit in E879 by 16², multiply the fourth to last digit in E879 by 16³, and so on, until all the digits are used.

9 × 16⁰ = 9
7 × 16¹ = 112
8 × 16² = 2048
E × 16³ = 57344

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:

9 + 112 + 2048 + 57344 = 59513

Step 3)
Now we divide the sum from Step 2 by 8. Put the remainder aside. Then divide the whole part by 8 again, and put the remainder aside again. Keep doing this until the whole part is 0.

59513 ÷ 8 = 7439 with 1 remainder
7439 ÷ 8 = 929 with 7 remainder
929 ÷ 8 = 116 with 1 remainder
116 ÷ 8 = 14 with 4 remainder
14 ÷ 8 = 1 with 6 remainder
1 ÷ 8 = 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 E879 hexadecimal to octal:

E879 hexadecimal = 164171 octal

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