NUMBER SYSTEM
Binary, Octal, Decimal and Hexadecimal
NUMBER SYSTEM
Number System Base Digits/Alphabets used
Binary 2 0,1
Octal 8 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Decimal 10 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Hexadecimal 16 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F
A = 10, B = 11, C = 12, D = 13,
E = 14, F = 15
DECIMAL NUMBER SYSTEM
DECIMAL NUMBER SYSTEM
BINARY NUMBER SYSTEM
OCTAL NUMBER SYSTEM
HEXADECIMAL NUMBER SYSTEM
CONVERSION FROM BINARY, OCTAL AND
HEXADECIMAL TO DECIMAL NUMBER SYSTEM
CONVERSION OF OCTAL TO DECIMAL
CONVERSION OF HEXADECIMAL TO DECIMAL
CONVERSION FROM DECIMAL TO BINARY, OCTAL
AND HEXADECIMAL
DECIMAL TO BINARY
DECIMAL TO OCTAL
DECIMAL TO HEXADECIMAL
The conversion method of decimal to hexadecimal is the same as that of decimal to binary except
that the base taken is 16 instead of 2.
For example, to convert 765.24510 to the hexadecimal equivalent, do the following:
Integer Part Fractional Part
16 765
16 47 - 13
16 2 - 15
0 - 2
0.245
x 16
3.920
x 16
14.720
x 16
11.520
765.24510 = 2FD.3EB16
DIRECT CONVERSION – YOU CAN DO DIRECT CONVERSIONS AMONG
BINARY, OCTAL AND HEXADECIMAL NUMBERS.
BINARY TO OCTAL
HEXADECIMAL
TO BINARY – YOU
CAN CONVERT A
HEXADECIMAL
NUMBER TO ITS
BINARY
EQUIVALENT
AND VICE VERSA
DIRECTLY, AS
EACH
HEXADECIMAL
DIGIT IS
EQUIVALENT TO
FOUR BINARY
DIGITS.
1010101100010010.011110002
BINARY TO HEXADECIMAL

Number Systems