Explanation:
To convert decimal number 639 to quinary, follow these steps:
- Divide 639 by 5 keeping notice of the quotient and the remainder.
- Continue dividing the quotient by 5 until you get a quotient of zero.
- Then just write out the remainders in the reverse order to get quinary equivalent of decimal number 639.
- Using the above steps, here is the work involved in the solution for converting 639 to quinary number:
- 639 / 5 = 127 with remainder 4
- 127 / 5 = 25 with remainder 2
- 25 / 5 = 5 with remainder 0
- 5 / 5 = 1 with remainder 0
- 1 / 5 = 0 with remainder 1
Then just write down the remainders in the reverse order to get the answer, The decimal number 639 converted to quinary is therefore equal to :
10024