Answer
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Convert 293 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 >= 293
80 = 1
81 = 8
82 = 64
83 = 512 <--- Stop: This is greater than 293
Since 512 is greater than 293, 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 293 is 4
Multiplying this coefficient by our original value, we get: 4 * 64 = 256
Add our new value to our running total, we get:
0 + 256 = 256
This is <= 293, so we assign our outside coefficient of 4 for this digit.
Our new sum becomes 256
Our octal notation is now equal to 4
81 = 8
The highest coefficient less than 7 we can multiply this by to stay under 293 is 4
Multiplying this coefficient by our original value, we get: 4 * 8 = 32
Add our new value to our running total, we get:
256 + 32 = 288
This is <= 293, so we assign our outside coefficient of 4 for this digit.
Our new sum becomes 288
Our octal notation is now equal to 44
80 = 1
The highest coefficient less than 7 we can multiply this by to stay under 293 is 5
Multiplying this coefficient by our original value, we get: 5 * 1 = 5
Add our new value to our running total, we get:
288 + 5 = 293
This = 293, so we assign our outside coefficient of 5 for this digit.
Our new sum becomes 293
Our octal notation is now equal to 445
Final Answer
We are done. 293 converted from decimal to octal notation equals 4458.Related Calculators: Bit Shifting | RGB and HEX conversions | Stoichiometry Conversion