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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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