Hexadecimal is a numbering system that uses 16 distinct symbols to represent values, for purposes such as efficiently encoding binary numbers. The document explains how to: 1) Convert positive decimal numbers between 0-255 to 2-digit hexadecimal equivalents and vice versa. 2) Convert binary numbers to hexadecimal by breaking them into groups of 4 bits and representing each group as a single hexadecimal digit. 3) Convert hexadecimal numbers to binary by representing each hexadecimal digit as its 4-bit binary equivalent. The document provides examples and exercises to help the reader practice converting between decimal, binary, and hexadecimal representations.