Topic Content:
- Conversion from Decimal to Octal
- Conversion of Octal to Decimal
- Worked Examples
An octal number is a number in base 8 and the place values increases in the power of 8.
Conversion from Decimal to Octal:
The conversion is similar to binary conversion but the only difference is that rather than dividing by 2 for the binary number, we would divide by 8 for an octal number until the last number is zero.
The following steps could be taken. Continue to divide the decimal number by 8 until the last division is zero and save the remainder as in the previous conversion.
Worked Example 1:
Convert 400 to octal
Solution
Answer: 40010 = 6208
Worked Example 2:
Convert 12 decimal to octal
Solution
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