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, 7128.
No. You did the whole thing in the decimal system. We’re working in the octal system.
28 × 68 = 148,  so
2268  ×   128 4548 2268
Now add up the partial products shown above by octal arithmetic; the return to page 267 and choose the right answer.
 

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