Solved on Feb 06, 2024
Convert 823 to base-5 notation.
STEP 1
Assumptions
1. We want to convert the decimal number 823 to base-five.
2. In base-five, each digit represents powers of 5, starting with on the right for the least significant digit and increasing powers of 5 as we move left.
STEP 2
Find the largest power of 5 that is less than or equal to 823. We can do this by trial and error or by using logarithms. For simplicity, we will use trial and error.
STEP 3
Start with and keep increasing the power until the value is greater than 823.
STEP 4
We can see that is the largest power of 5 that is less than 823, and is too large. So we will use as the starting point.
STEP 5
Determine how many times fits into 823 without exceeding it. This will give us the first digit in the base-five representation.
STEP 6
Calculate the division to find the first digit.
STEP 7
The first digit (from the left) in the base-five representation is 1. Now we subtract from 823 to find the remainder that needs to be represented in lower powers of 5.
STEP 8
Repeat the process for the next largest power of 5, which is .
STEP 9
Calculate the division to find the next digit.
STEP 10
The second digit (from the left) in the base-five representation is also 1. Subtract from 198 to find the next remainder.
STEP 11
Repeat the process for the next largest power of 5, which is .
STEP 12
Calculate the division to find the next digit.
STEP 13
The third digit (from the left) in the base-five representation is 2. Subtract from 73 to find the next remainder.
STEP 14
Repeat the process for the next largest power of 5, which is .
STEP 15
Calculate the division to find the next digit.
STEP 16
The fourth digit (from the left) in the base-five representation is 4. Subtract from 23 to find the next remainder.
STEP 17
Finally, the remainder 3 is less than 5 and represents the last digit in the base-five system, which is .
STEP 18
The fifth digit (from the left) in the base-five representation is 3.
STEP 19
Combine all the digits we found to get the number 823 in the base-five system.
The base-five representation of the decimal number 823 is .
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