Hexadecimal - Base Sixteen
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As well as the digits 0 to 9, Hexadecimal Numbers use the digits A to F.
They represent fixed values: A = 10, B = 11, C = 12, D = 13, E = 14, F = 15.
Beware: It is natural to think these value are 1 more than they are.
For a 4-digit hexadecimal number, the column weightings are:Each weighting is 16x the weighting to its right. The first one is always 1.
4096 256 16 1
The smallest 4-digit hexadecimal number 0000 represents 0x4096 + 0x256 + 0x16 + 0x1 = 0 The largest 4-digit hexadecimal number FFFF represents 15x4096 + 15x256 + 15x16 + 15x1 = 65535
The place value of the bold digit in the hexadecimal number 2407
is 4x256 = 1024.
The place value of the bold digit in the hexadecimal number 2A07
is Ax256 = 10x256 = 2560.