Number Conversions

Last class we learned how to convert numbers to different bases.  Converting from the base 10 system  into another base using the following system:

The Process:
1.  Divide the "desired" base (in this case base 2) INTO the number you are trying to convert.
2.  Write the quotient (the answer) with a remainder like you did in elementary school.
3.  Repeat this division process using the whole number from the previous quotient (the number in front of the remainder).
4.  Continue repeating this division until the number in front of the remainder is only zero.
5.  The answer is the remainders read from the bottom up.






Converting from another base to base 10 requires yo to multiply the numeral by it's place value in it's base.  For example to convert 122 base 5 to base 10 you would:


122