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A.3 converting decimal to hexadecimal – Asus ASMB3 User Manual

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Converting decimal to hexadecimal

1. Divide the decimal number by 16 and you will get a quotient and a remainder.
2. Divide the quotient by 16 again to get another quotient and another

remainder.

3. Repeatedly divide the quotient by 16 until the quotient is 0.
4. Encoded all the remainders in the hexadecimal system.
Conversion table

Decimal

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15

Hexadecimal

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A B C D E F

5. The hexadecimal representation of your decimal number is the digit

sequence of all the remainders from the last to the first.

Here is an example of how to convert decimal to hexadecimal.

254 (in decimal)
1. When dividing 254 by 16, the quotient is 15 and the remainder is 14.
2. Divide the quotient 15 by 16 again to get the quotient 0 and the

remainder 15.

3. Refer to the table above and convert the remainders from decimal to

hexadecimal. The last (second) remainder is F (15 decimal). The second

last (first) remainder is E (14 decimal).

4. Write down the last (second) remainder in the most significant digit, and

the second last (first) remainder in the least (less) significant digit.

5. The hexadecimal expression of 254 is FE.