Converting bits to bytes

If we have a number of bits and want to convert it to bytes, we can divide the number of bits by 8, since there are 8 bits in a byte:

\text{bytes} = \text{bits} \div 8

Examples

Convert 64 bits to bytes

• 64 \div 8 = 8 bytes
• Answer: 8 bytes

Convert 1024 bits to bytes

• 1024 \div 8 = 128 bytes
• Answer: 128 bytes

Convert 5000 bits to bytes

• 5000 \div 8 = 625 bytes
• Answer: 625 bytes

Convert 12345 bits to bytes

• 12345 \div 8 = 1543.125 bytes
• Answer: 1543.125 bytes
• (generally here, we would round to the nearest whole byte).