Arithmetic of Computers

Arithmetic of Computers

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Lesson 7

Decimals to Octals

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Your answer :
.632812510 = .548.
You must have been upset by the fact that the integral part of the second product came out 0. It counts as a digit in the result just the same, just as a remainder of 0 counted as a digit in the conversion of the whole numbers.
.6328125  ×  8 1st integral part →  5.0625000  ×  8 2nd integral part →  0.5000000  ×  8 3rd integral part →  4.0000000
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