CONVERSION NUMBER

SYSTEM
• OCTAL TO DECIMAL
• BINARY TO OCTAL
• OCTAL TO BINARY
• BINARY TO HEXADECIMAL
CONVERTING BASE-8 TO BASE-10
Octal Number Decimal Number

258 [(2x81) + (5x80)]10

258 (16 + 5)10

258 2110

Multiply each digit by its weighted position, and add each of the weighted values together or use
expansion form directly.
CONVERTING BASE-2 TO BASE-8
Binary Number Octal Number

101012 010 101

101012 28 58

101012 258

• Step 1: Divide the binary digits into group of three straight from the right.
• Step 2: Convert each group of three binary digits to one octal digit.
CONVERTING BASE-8 TO BASE-2
Octal Number Binary Number
258 210 510
258 0102 1012

258 101012

• Step 1: Convert each octal digit to a three digit binary number.

• Step 2: Combine all the resulting binary groups of 3 digits into its equivalent octal number.
CONVERTING BASE-2 TO BASE-16

Binary Number Hexadecimal Number

101012 0001 0101

101012 110 510

101012 1516

• Step 1: Divide the binary digits into group of four straight from the right.
• Step 2: Convert each group of four binary digits to one hexadecimal digit.