Arithmetic of Computers

Arithmetic of Computers

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Lesson 7

Decimals to Octals

. . . and back again

Page 240

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Your answer :
.632812510 = .543248.
You have been multiplying all of each successive product by 8. You are supposed to multiply only the fractional part (the part to the right of the decimal point) by 8 each time. Here is what you did:
.6328125  ×  8 5.0625000  ×  8 40.5000000  ×  8 324.0000000
You then used the integral parts of your products as your answer (and forgot to use the 0 in 40). You must multiply only the fractional part of each successive product. In this way the integral parts of each successive product will always be a single integer (which may be 0).
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