Converting Hexadecimal Numbers

Hexadecimal numbers are used as shorthand for binary numbers. As you can see in the table below, each four-bit binary number has a hexadecimal equivalent.

Converting Hexadecimal to Binary

To convert any binary number to hexadecimal, break the number into groups of four and write the hexadecimal equivalent for each group.

16-bit binary number		1011010010101101
Broken into groups of four		1011 | 0100 | 1010 | 1101
Hexadecimal for each group		B | 4 | A | D
Final hexadecimal number		B4AD