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Convert 163 from decimal to octal

(base 8) notation:

Power Test

Raise our base of 8 to a power

Start at 0 and increasing by 1 until it is >= 163

80 = 1

81 = 8

82 = 64

83 = 512 <--- Stop: This is greater than 163

Since 512 is greater than 163, we use 1 power less as our starting point which equals 2

Build octal notation

Work backwards from a power of 2

We start with a total sum of 0:


82 = 64

The highest coefficient less than 7 we can multiply this by to stay under 163 is 2

Multiplying this coefficient by our original value, we get: 2 * 64 = 128

Add our new value to our running total, we get:
0 + 128 = 128

This is <= 163, so we assign our outside coefficient of 2 for this digit.

Our new sum becomes 128

Our octal notation is now equal to 2


81 = 8

The highest coefficient less than 7 we can multiply this by to stay under 163 is 4

Multiplying this coefficient by our original value, we get: 4 * 8 = 32

Add our new value to our running total, we get:
128 + 32 = 160

This is <= 163, so we assign our outside coefficient of 4 for this digit.

Our new sum becomes 160

Our octal notation is now equal to 24


80 = 1

The highest coefficient less than 7 we can multiply this by to stay under 163 is 3

Multiplying this coefficient by our original value, we get: 3 * 1 = 3

Add our new value to our running total, we get:
160 + 3 = 163

This = 163, so we assign our outside coefficient of 3 for this digit.

Our new sum becomes 163

Our octal notation is now equal to 243


Final Answer


We are done. 163 converted from decimal to octal notation equals 2438.