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Can someone please explain how to convert hex and octal to binary and the reverse?
Also how to convert hex and octal to decimal and the reverse?
 
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Hi Parimala,
Hex/Octal to Binary:
binary digits from for rightmost digits:
2**3, 2**2, 2**1, 2**0
8, 4, 2, 1
Use the above numbers to add up values until it equals the given number.
Hex: uses four binary digits to represent one value.
0 - 9, A (10), B (11), C (12), D (13), E (14), and F (15)
Try it: 0x4A
Answer: 0100 1010
Octal: uses three binary digits to represent one value.
0 - 7
Try it: 073
Answer: 111 011
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Binary to Decimal:
Using what we have already learned:
Try it: 111 011
1*(2**0) + 1*(2**1) + 0*(2**2) + 1*(2**3) + 1*(2**4) + 1*(2**5)
1 + 2 + 0 + 8 + 16 + 32 = 59
Try it: 0100 1010
0*(2**0) + 1*(2**1) + 0*(2**2) + 1*(2**3) + 0*(2**4) + 0*(2**5) + 1*(2**6) + 0*(2**7)
0 + 2 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 0 + 64 + 0 = 74
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Octal to Decimal:
Using the same position stuff as binary above we use 8 instead of 2.
Try it: 073
3*(8**0) + 7*(8**1)
3 + 56 = 59
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Hex to decimal
Using the same as above except use 16 instead of 8.
Try it: 0x4A
A*(16**0) + 4*(16**1)
10*1 + 4*16 = 74

Enjoy,
Manfred.
 
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Thanks Manfred.
Is the reverse(converting Binary to Hex or Octal and decimal to Hex or Octal) true as you have explained?
That is to convert decimal to hex first convert to binary and then to hex by grouping in fours? If the binary# is say
100011100
how to we group to convert to hex or octal?
 
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To convert binary to Hex, group the binary digits from the right by 4s.
0110011 = 011 0011 = hex 33
To convert binary to Octal, group the binary digits from the right by 3s.
0110011 = 0 110 011 = octal 63
 
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Thanks.
 
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