HEXADECIMAL
TO BINARY
CONVERSION
AN IN-DEPTH GUIDE ON CONVERSION METHODS,
TABLES, AND EXAMPLES
INTRODUCTION: HEXADECIMAL
AND BINARY SYSTEMS
• Hexadecimal System: Base-16 number system, using digits 0-9
and letters A-F.
- Commonly used for representing large binary values more
compactly.
• Binary System: Base-2 number system, using only digits 0 and 1.
- Fundamental to digital computing.
• Both systems are widely used in computer science, networking,
and electronics.
Hexadecimal Binary
HEXADECIMAL 0 0000
TO BINARY TABLE 1 0001
2 0010
3 0011
4 0100
5 0101
6 0110
7 0111
8 1000
9 1001
10 - A 1010
11 - B 1011
12 - C 1100
13 - D 1101
14 - E 1110
15 - F 1111
HOW THE HEXADECIMAL
TABLE IS GENERATED?
• Each hexadecimal digit corresponds to a unique 4-bit binary value.
• This is because hexadecimal is base-16 (16 possible values per
digit), and 4 binary digits (bits) can represent 16 unique combinations
(2^4 = 16).
• For example:
- Hex 'A' = 1010 in binary
- Hex 'F' = 1111 in binary
This relationship makes hexadecimal useful for simplifying large
binary sequences.
HEXADECIMAL TO BINARY
CONVERSION METHOD
Conversion Steps:
1. Separate each hexadecimal digit.
2. Convert each digit to its 4-bit binary equivalent using the hexadecimal
table.
3. Concatenate all binary groups.
Example:
Convert '1C' to binary:
• 1 (hex) = 0001 (binary)
• C (hex) = 1100 (binary)
• Result: 00011100
EXAMPLE PROBLEMS
1) Problem:
Convert '3E5' to binary.
Solution:
• 3 (hex) = 0011 (binary)
• E (hex) = 1110 (binary)
• 5 (hex) = 0101 (binary)
• Final binary: 001111100101
EXAMPLE PROBLEMS
2) If we have to convert 2C3 to decimal,
Solution:
(2C3)16=2× 16 × 16 + 12 × 16 + 3 * 1
(2C3)16=2 × 256 + 12 × 16 + 3
(2C3)16=512+192+3
(2C3)16=707
So 2C3 in Hexadecimal is represented as 707 in Decimal.
REFERENCES
1. Tanenbaum, A. S. (2016). *Computer Organization and
Architecture*.
2. Khan Academy: Number Systems
3. IEEE Digital Library: Hexadecimal Representations in
Computing.
4. W3Schools: Data Representation.
THANK YOU
Name : Jani Sakshi Jatinkumar
Er no.:240043003006
MSc. DFIS
NSIT-IFSCS
