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rune2402

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Hex number system

Is there a point beyond Hex 11 where Hex numbers turn to alphabet again?

Do the hex numbers continue in decimal-line form beyond hex 11?

That is , 12,13,14,...

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MathsIsFun

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Re: Hex number system

See: Hexadecimals
And: Binary, Decimal and Hexadecimal Numbers

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rune2402

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Re: Hex number system

Thanks for the links , but they do not answer the question.

Last edited by rune2402 (2007-11-09 13:25:10)

mathsyperson

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Re: Hex number system

Yes, Hex numbers go into "letter-digits" regularly.

In decimal, you go through all the numbers from 0 to 9, then you change the 9 back to 0 and bump the next digit on the left up by 1. e.g. ...17, 18, 19, 20...

Hex is the same thing, but you go through the numbers 0 to F before bumping the left digit up.

So, continuing on from where you stopped, the sequence would go 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 20, 21...

You'd continue like that until you got to 9F, at which point you'd go to A0, A1, A2...

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rune2402

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Re: Hex number system

Thanks very much.