Steps
● Step 1 – Divide the decimal number to be converted by the value of the new base.
● Step 2 – Get the remainder from Step 1 as the rightmost digit (least significant digit) of new base number.
● Step 3 – Divide the quotient of the previous divide by the new base.
● Step 4 – Record the remainder from Step 3 as the next digit (to the left) of the new base number.
Repeat Steps 3 and 4, getting remainders from right to left, until the quotient becomes zero in Step 3.
The last remainder thus obtained will be the most significant digit (MSD) of the new base number.
Example
Decimal Number : 2910
Calculating Binary Equivalent:
| Step | Operation | Result | Remainder |
| Step 1 | 29 / 2 | 14 | 1 |
| Step 2 | 14 / 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Step 3 | 7 / 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Step 4 | 3 / 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Step 5 | 1 / 2 | 0 | 1 |
As mentioned in Steps 2 and 4, the remainders have to be arranged in the reverse order so that the first remainder becomes the least significant digit (LSD) and the last remainder becomes the most significant digit (MSD).
Decimal Number : 2910 = Binary Number : 111012.
