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How to Convert Between Binary and Decimal
Binary to decimal is place value — multiply each binary digit by its power-of-2 position and add them up; decimal to binary is repeated division by 2, reading the remainders from bottom to top.
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Hex to decimal is place value with powers of 16, using a-f for the digits 10-15; decimal to hex is repeated division by 16, reading the remainders — converted back to a-f where needed — from bottom to top.
Read guideWhy Hex Is Used as a Shorthand for Binary
One hex digit always represents exactly 4 binary digits, so converting between hex and binary is a direct grouping — no place-value arithmetic needed — which is why hex is the compact notation programmers actually read and write instead of long binary strings.
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