Arithmetic of Computers

Arithmetic of Computers

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Lesson 8

Octal Arithmetic

The sum gets a bonus

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Your answer :
2268 × 128 = 2, 7148.
You did the multiplication in octal properly, but you added the partial products as decimal numbers rather than as octal numbers. Look at the example below:
2268  ×  128 4548 2268 27348
58 + 68 = 138 not 118. Now return to Page 267 and try again.
 

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