[Coolman]

Hey can someone please tell me a easy way of converting decimal number to hexadecimal numbers and vice versa, thanks

[Dave]

same method as going from decimal to binary but instead of dividing by 2 you divide by 16

[Coolman]

same method as going from decimal to binary but instead of dividing by 2 you divide by 16

yeah I figured it out before you posted, but thanks anyway

[John]

You do not need to know this for the higher.

[Dave]

but you will john in a few weeks time

[John]

but you will john in a few weeks time

I can do it already though, the easiest way in my opinion is to convert to binary then hex

[Dave]

maybe but the problem with doing that is you are doing extra conversions by hand which, with me anyway, tends to lead to more errors

[John]

fair enough, i'm just too lazy to divide by 16 when i dont have a calulator

[sparky]

Ok the definitive guide to converting Hexadecimal numbers!

What you need to remember is that hexadecimal uses the following :-
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A(for 10) B(for 11) C(for 12) D(for 13) E(for 14) F(for 15).


Example 1

Convert HEX A90B into it's binary equivalent

Ok, break the number into the four parts A, 9, 0 and B.

Write down the 4 bit binary for these digits - A is 1010 (Since this represents 10), 9 is 1001, 0 is 0000, and B (Since this represents 11) is 1011.

The number A90B (hex) is then 1010 1001 0000 1011 (base 2/ binary).
Example 2

Convert Hex A13B into decimal

This is really quite simple, all you do is :-

(10)(16 x 16 x 16) + (1)(16 x 16) + (3)(16) + (11)(1)
= 41275 (Decimal)
Example 3

Convert 41275 into HEX.

41275 / 16 = 2579 r 11 (B in hex)
2579/16 = 161 r 3
161/16 = 10 r 1
10/16 = 0 r 10 (A in hex)

Then simply read the remainders up the way and you get A13B, which is the number in HEX.

Incase anyone else is wanting to know the wonders of converting Hex!