Results 1 to 2 of 2

Thread: Convert from base 5 to base 3 without converting to base 10 first

  1. March 7th 2010, 02:21 PM #1
    hercules
    hercules is offline
    Junior Member hercules's Avatar
    Joined
    Sep 2007
    From
    Earth
    Posts
    62

    Convert from base 5 to base 3 without converting to base 10 first

    Hi,
    Could you please explain how to convert a number in base 5 for example 3414 to a number in base 3 without first converting the number to base 10.

    More examples, the better.
    Thank you in advance.
    Follow Math Help Forum on Facebook and Google+
  2. March 7th 2010, 06:14 PM #2
    hercules
    hercules is offline
    Junior Member hercules's Avatar
    Joined
    Sep 2007
    From
    Earth
    Posts
    62
    got some idea of how to do it......when I have it clear I will post it here.
    Follow Math Help Forum on Facebook and Google+
« Euclidean division | find complex numbers »

Similar Math Help Forum Discussions

  1. Why does the method work? Change a decimal no. from denary(base 10) to octal(base 8)?
    Posted in the Math Topics Forum
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: December 13th 2011, 04:21 AM
  2. difference of b to base 2010 and b to base 2009
    Posted in the Pre-Calculus Forum
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: December 19th 2010, 06:16 AM
  3. Converting base 10 to Negabinary(base -2), about dividing with a negative number
    Posted in the Math Topics Forum
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: April 24th 2010, 07:38 PM
  4. Convert base 10 number into base 8 representation
    Posted in the Algebra Forum
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: January 9th 2009, 04:36 AM
  5. Determine that a number terminates in base m but will not terminate in base n?
    Posted in the Number Theory Forum
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: September 7th 2008, 07:47 AM

Search Tags


/mathhelpforum @mathhelpforum