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Week002 – Number System
Laboratory Exercise 001- Practice Laboratory 001
General Direction: Convert the following number system to the following base as shown in the
table below. Example. Covert 1110 to Decimal, Octal and Hexadecimal. Note that this laboratory is
intended for practice only.
1. Convert 11011101(binary) to base 10, 8 and 16
2. Convert 25(decimal) to base 2, 8 and 16
3. Convert 70(octal) to base 2, 10 and 16
4. Convert CD1(hexadecimal) to base 2,10 and 8
ANSWERS:
1. Convert 11011101(binary) to base 10, 8 and 16
a. Base 10
Decimal 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
Digit
Value
Binary 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
Digit
Value
128+32+16+8+2+1 = 187
Final answer: 110111012 = 18710
b. Base 8
011 011 101
421 421 421
3 3 5
Final answer: 110111012 = 3358
c. Base 16
1101 1101
8421 8421
13 13
Final answer: 110111012 = 131316
2. Convert 25(decimal) to base 2, 8 and 16
a. Base 2
Assessments
Division by 2 Quotient Remainder/Bit value
25/2 12.5 1
12/2 6 0
6/2 3 0
3/2 1.5 1
½ 0.15 1
Final answer: 2510 = 110012
b. Base 8
Division by 8 Quotient Remainder/Bit value
25/8 3.125 25-24=1
3x8=24 Remainder is 1
3/8 0.375 3-0=3
0x8=0 Remainder is 3
Final answer: 2510 = 318
c. Base 16
Division by 16 Quotient Remainder/Bit value
25/16 1.5625 25-16=1
1x16=16 Remainder is 9
1/16 0.0625 1-0=1
0x16=0 Remainder is 1
Final answer: 2510 = 1916
3. Convert 70(octal) to base 2, 10 and 16
a. Base 2
Given Binary value
7 111
0 000
Final answer: 708 = 111 0002
b. Base 10
0x80 = 0
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7x81 = 56
0+56 = 56
Final answer: 708 = 5610
c. Base 16
Given Binary value
7 111
0 000
8421 8421
11 | 1000
3 8
Final answer: 708 = 3816
4. Convert CD1(hexadecimal) to base 2,10 and 8
a. Base 2
Given Binary value
C 1100
D 1101
1 0001
Final answer: CD116 = 1100 1101 00012
b. Base 10
1x160 = 1
13x161 = 208
12x162 = 3072
Final answer: CD116 = 328110
c. Base 8
Given Binary value
C 1100
D 1101
1 0001
421 421 421 421
110 | 011 | 010 | 001
6 3 2 1
Assessments
Final answer: CD116 = 63218
