Texas Instruments TITANIUM TI-89 User Manual

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Number Bases

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Converting between Number Bases

Use the 4 conversion operator

Alternate Method for Conversions

integerExpression

Bin

integerExpression

Dec

integerExpression

Hex

For

, press

2 4

. Also, you can

select base conversions from the
MATH/Base menu.

For example, to convert 256 from decimal to
binary:

256 4 Bin

Note:

If your entry is not an integer, a Domain

error is displayed.

To convert 101110 from binary to
hexadecimal:

0b101110 4 Hex

Instead of using 4, you can:

1. Use

3 to set the

Base

mode to the

base that you want to convert to.

For a binary or hex
entry, you must use
the 0b or 0h prefix.

Results use the 0b or
0h prefix to identify.

If Base mode = BIN: