Conversion of

Octal numbers
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 Conversion Table
Octal to Binary OCTAL BINARY
Conversion 0 000
We will be able to
1 001
learn 2 different octal
numbers: 2 010
1. Plain Octal Number/ 3 011
Integer Octal Number
4 100
2. Fractional Octal
Number 5 101

6 110

7 111
 1. Plain/Integer Octal Number

Example # 1.

123 8
Step 1: Write down the octal number with a spaces between.

1 2 3
Step 2: Convert each digit into a binary number, that is the reason why you need to familiarize the
conversion table.

1 2 3
001 010 011
Step 3: Connect all the binary value and then you have the Binary Value of your Octal
Number.
1238= 0010100112/ 10100112
 2. Fractional Octal Number

Example # 1.

0.143 8
Step 1: Write down the octal number with a spaces between.

0. 1 4 3
Step 2: Since we are only interested in the fractional part, we convert the fractional part to the binary value.

0. 1 4 3
001 100 011
Step 3: Connect all the binary value and then you have the Binary Value of your Octal Number.
0.1438= 0.0011000112
 Conversion Table
Octal to Decimal
Conversion Most Octal Point Least Significant Bit (LSB)
Significant
We will be able to Bit (MSB)
learn 2 different octal
numbers: 82 81 80 8-1 8-2 8-3
1. Plain Octal Number/ 64 8 1 1/8 1/64 1/512
Integer Octal Number
2. Fractional Octal
Number
 1. Plain/Integer Octal Number

Example # 1.

123 8
Step 1: Multiply each digit of Octal number with its increasing power of 8 from right to left.

123 8 = (1 x 82) + (2 x 81) + (3 x 80)

Step 2: Add all the individual equivalent results provides the equivalent decimal number.
2 1 0
123 8 = (1 x 8 ) + (2 x 8 ) + (3 x 8 )
= (1 x 64) + (2 x 8) + (3 x 1)
= 64 + 16 + 3
= 8310
 1. Plain/Integer Octal Number

Example # 1.

0.45 8
Step 1: Multiply each digit of Octal number with its increasing negative power of 8 from Left to Right.

0.45 8= (4 x 8-1) + (5 x 8-2)

Step 2: Add all the individual equivalent results provides the equivalent decimal number.
0.45 8 = (4 x 8-1) + (5 x 8-2)
= (4 x 1/8) + (5 x 1/64)
= (4 x 0.125) + (5 X 0.016)
= 0.5 + 0.08
= 0.5810
 Conversion Table
HEXADECIMAL BINARY HEXADECIMAL BINARY
NUMBERS NUMBERS
NUMBERS NUMBERS
0 0000 8 1000
Octal to 1
2
0001
0010
9
A
1001
1010
Hexadecimal 3
4
0011
0100
B
C
1011
1100
Conversion 5 0101 D 1101
6 0110 E 1110
7 0111 F 1111
 Example

Example # 1.

54.31 8
Step 1: Convert the Octal Number to Binary Number.

5 4 . 3 1
101 100 . 011 001

54.31 8 = 101100.0110012
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Step 2: Group the binary Number by four (4).

54.31 8 = 101100.0110012
In the Integral part- Start from Right to Left

101100.0110012
In the Fractional part- Start from Left to Right

0010 1100.0110 0100

Add zero to complete the groupings.
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Step 3: Give the corresponding Hexadecimal Values

0010 1100 . 0110 0100

2 C . 6 4
54.31 8 = 2C.6416
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