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You need to become VERY familiar with the patterns below:
Hex F E D C B A 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Binary 1111 1110 1101 1100 1011 1010 1001 1000 0111 0110 0101 0100 0011 0010 0001 Decimal 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 There is no easy way to remember the Hex to Binary conversions for A to F. You need to learn them so you can automatically write them down without thinking. Once you have learnt the A to F conversion the process of general conversion from Hex to Binary and back becomes very simple. (So learn them!!)
Binary to Hex
In the previous screens you converted a Hexadecimal number to Binary by expressing each Hex place as a Binary "quartet" (i.e. 4-bits). The process of converting from Binary to Hex uses the same 'quartet' approach, but in reverse.
Example 1. Consider Binary: 1000100100110111 (a 16-bit Byte) STEP 1 Break the Byte into 'quartets' - 1000 1001 0011 0111
STEP 2 Use the table above to covert each quartet to its Hex equivalent - 8937
Therefore ... 1000100100110111 = 8937Hex
Example 2. Consider Binary 1111110001000001 STEP 1 Break the Byte into 'quartets' - 1111 1100 0100 0001
STEP 2 Use the table above to covert each quartet to its Hex equivalent - FC41
Therefore ... 1111110001000001 = FC41Hex
Example 3. Consider Binary 11010101 STEP 1 Break the Byte into 'quartets' - 1101 0101
STEP 2 Use the table above to covert each quartet to its Hex equivalent - D5
Therefore ... 11010101 = D5Hex