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Convert 144 from decimal to octal

(base 8) notation:

Power Test

Raise our base of 8 to a power

Start at 0 and increasing by 1 until it is >= 144

8⁰ = 1

8¹ = 8

8² = 64

8³ = 512 <--- Stop: This is greater than 144

Since 512 is greater than 144, we use 1 power less as our starting point which equals 2

Build octal notation

Work backwards from a power of 2

We start with a total sum of 0:

8² = 64

The highest coefficient less than 7 we can multiply this by to stay under 144 is 2

Multiplying this coefficient by our original value, we get: 2 * 64 = 128

Add our new value to our running total, we get:
0 + 128 = 128

This is <= 144, so we assign our outside coefficient of 2 for this digit.

Our new sum becomes 128

Our octal notation is now equal to 2

8¹ = 8

The highest coefficient less than 7 we can multiply this by to stay under 144 is 2

Multiplying this coefficient by our original value, we get: 2 * 8 = 16

Add our new value to our running total, we get:
128 + 16 = 144

This = 144, so we assign our outside coefficient of 2 for this digit.

Our new sum becomes 144

Our octal notation is now equal to 22

8⁰ = 1

The highest coefficient less than 7 we can multiply this by to stay under 144 is 1

Multiplying this coefficient by our original value, we get: 1 * 1 = 1

Add our new value to our running total, we get:
144 + 1 = 145

This is > 144, so we assign a 0 for this digit.

Our total sum remains the same at 144

Our octal notation is now equal to 220

Final Answer