Question

Jenna wants to convert a decimal number to its octal form. Which option will she use to calculate the octal number? In the octal number system, you need to ———— a number by the base value———

A. Add
Divide
Multiply

B. Ten
Nine
Eight

Answer 1

Jenna wants to convert a decimal number to its octal form.

The octal numeral system is the base-8 number system, and it uses the digits 0 to 7.

To convert the given decimal number into the octal form, we have to divide the given decimal number by 8 to get its octal form as the base value of the octal number is 8.

Therefore, the complete statement is:

"In the octal number system, you need to divide a number by the base value 8 ".