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										 |  |  | # hexadecimal
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							|  |  |  | the hexadecimal numeral system differs from the decimal system by having 16 digits rather than 10: | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  0 | 0 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  1 | 1 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  2 | 2 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  3 | 3 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  4 | 4 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  5 | 5 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  6 | 6 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  7 | 7 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  8 | 8 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  9 | 9 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  A | 10 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  B | 11 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  C | 12 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  D | 13 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  E | 14 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  F | 15 | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | when there is more than one digit, these are multiplied by 16, 256, 4096 and so on rather than 10, 100, 1000: | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |  00 | 0 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  04 | 4 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  08 | 8 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  0F | 15 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  10 | 16 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  11 | 17 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  12 | 18 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  13 | 19 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  20 | 32 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  30 | 48 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  40 | 64 | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | # hex to decimal
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							|  |  |  | for example, take hexadecimal number `AA`: | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |           2nd digit -\   /- 1st digit | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |                      A   A | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  16^1*10 = 16*10 = 160 + 10 = 170 | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | now for hexadecimal number `4C5F`: | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ``` | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |       3rd digit -\    /- 2nd digit | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  4th digit -\    |    |    /- 1st digit | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |             4    C    5    F | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |             |    |    |    15 =        15 =    15 + | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |             |    |    \16^1*5 =   16 * 5  =    80 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |             |    \--- 16^2*12 =  256 * 12 =  3072 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |             \--------- 16^3*4 = 4096 * 4  = 16384 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |                                            ------- | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |                                           = 19551 | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | # decimal to hex
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							|  |  |  | if it's less than 16, just memorize the table at the top of this document. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | otherwise find the power of 16 that is closest to the number you want to convert, but no larger than the number. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | then divide, and take the remainder. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | divide the remainder with the previous power of 16, until the divider is 1. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | for example, for the decimal number `220`: | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 220 ÷ 16 = 13 (r = 12)    D | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  12 ÷  1 = 12 (stop here) C | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | = DC | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | now for decimal number `69420`: | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 69420 ÷ 65536 =  1 (r = 3884)  1 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  3884 ÷  4096 =  0 (r = 3884)  0 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  3884 ÷   256 = 15 (r =   44)  F | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |    44 ÷    16 =  2 (r =   12)  2 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |    12 ÷     1 = 12 (stop here) C | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | = 10F2C | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | # hex-decimal table
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							|  |  |  |   hex | `0` | `1` | `2` | `3` | `4` | `5` | `6` | `7` | `8` | `9` | `A` | `B` | `C` | `D` | `E` | `F` | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |  `00` |   0 |   1 |   2 |   3 |   4 |   5 |   6 |   7 |   8 |   9 |  10 |  11 |  12 |  13 |  14 |  15 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  `10` |  16 |  17 |  18 |  19 |  20 |  21 |  22 |  23 |  24 |  25 |  26 |  27 |  28 |  29 |  30 |  31 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  `20` |  32 |  33 |  34 |  35 |  36 |  37 |  38 |  39 |  40 |  41 |  42 |  43 |  44 |  45 |  46 |  47 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  `30` |  48 |  49 |  50 |  51 |  52 |  53 |  54 |  55 |  56 |  57 |  58 |  59 |  60 |  61 |  62 |  63 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  `40` |  64 |  65 |  66 |  67 |  68 |  69 |  70 |  71 |  72 |  73 |  74 |  75 |  76 |  77 |  78 |  79 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  `50` |  80 |  81 |  82 |  83 |  84 |  85 |  86 |  87 |  88 |  89 |  90 |  91 |  92 |  93 |  94 |  95 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  `60` |  96 |  97 |  98 |  99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  `70` | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  `80` | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  `90` | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  `A0` | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  `B0` | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  `C0` | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 207 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  `D0` | 208 | 209 | 210 | 211 | 212 | 213 | 214 | 215 | 216 | 217 | 218 | 219 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 223 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  `E0` | 224 | 225 | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | 239 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |  `F0` | 240 | 241 | 242 | 243 | 244 | 245 | 246 | 247 | 248 | 249 | 250 | 251 | 252 | 253 | 254 | 255 |