20 octal to binary

Here we will show you how to convert the octal number 20 to a binary number. First note that the octal number system has eight different digits (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7) and the binary number system has only two different digits (0 and 1).

The four steps used to convert 20 from octal to binary are explained below.

Step 1)
Multiply the last digit in 20 by 8⁰, multiply the second to last digit in 20 by 8¹, multiply the third to last digit in 20 by 8², multiply the fourth to last digit in 20 by 8³, and so on, until all the digits are used:

0 × 8⁰ = 0
2 × 8¹ = 16

Step 2)
Next, we add up all the products we got from Step 1, like this:

0 + 16 = 16

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.

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 20 octal to binary:

20 octal = 10000 binary

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21 octal to binary
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