The principles are exactly the same for class A subnetting as they are for classes B and C. We just have more host bits available. We are going to keep this section fairly short since by now you have everything you need to answer any subnetting question.
Class A subnets:
| Bits | Subnet Mask | CIDR | Subnets | Hosts |
| 0 | 255.0.0.0 | /8 | 1 | 16777216 |
| 1 | 255.128.0.0 | /9 | 2 | 8388606 |
| 2 | 255.192.0.0 | /10 | 4 | 4194302 |
| 3 | 255.224.0.0 | /11 | 8 | 2097150 |
| 4 | 255.240.0.0 | /12 | 16 | 1048574 |
| 5 | 255.248.0.0 | /13 | 302 | 524286 |
| 6 | 255.252.0.0 | /14 | 64 | 262142 |
| 7 | 255.254.0.0 | /15 | 128 | 131070 |
| 8 | 255.255.0.0 | /16 | 256 | 65534 |
| 9 | 255.255.128.0 | /17 | 512 | 32766 |
| 10 | 255.255.192.0 | /18 | 1024 | 16382 |
| 11 | 255.255.224.0 | /19 | 2048 | 8190 |
| 12 | 255.255.240.0 | /20 | 4096 | 4094 |
| 13 | 255.255.248.0 | /21 | 8192 | 2046 |
| 14 | 255.255.252.0 | /22 | 16384 | 1022 |
| 15 | 255.255.254.0 | /23 | 32768 | 510 |
| 16 | 255.255.255.0 | /24 | 65536 | 254 |
| 17 | 255.255.255.128 | /25 | 131072 | 126 |
| 18 | 255.255.255.192 | /26 | 262144 | 62 |
| 19 | 255.255.255.224 | /27 | 524288 | 30 |
| 20 | 255.255.255.240 | /28 | 1048576 | 14 |
| 21 | 255.255.255.248 | /29 | 2097152 | 6 |
| 22 | 255.255.255.252 | /30 | 4194304 | 2 |