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2. Hexadecimal Symbols
The symbols used in hexadecimal are 0-9 and A-F. These correspond to the following numbers in denary:
Denary |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
Hexadecimal |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
When you go beyond 15, you run out of symbols. So, just like in denary and binary, you have to start again in the next number position.
Denary |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
Hexadecimal |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
1A |
1B |
1C |
1D |
1E |
1F |
Once we have gone past the first 16 numbers, a 1 is added in front of the next 16 numbers (similar to denary when we go from 0-9 and then move on to 10-19)
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