Hexadecimal to Decimal Conversion

Hexadecimal to Decimal Conversion

This appendix describes how to convert hexadecimal to decimal. For each HEX digit, find the associated decimal value. Add the numbers together.

High Byte				Low Byte
HEX 1000	Dec	HEX 100	Dec	HEX 10	Dec	HEX 1	Dec
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	4096	1	256	1	16	1	1
2	8192	2	512	2	32	2	2
3	12288	3	768	3	48	3	3
4	16384	4	1024	4	64	4	4
5	20480	5	1280	5	80	5	5
6	24576	6	1536	6	96	6	6
7	28672	7	1792	7	112	7	7
8	32768	8	2048	8	128	8	8
9	36864	9	2304	9	144	9	9
A	40960	A	2560	A	160	A	10
B	45056	B	2816	B	176	B	11
C	49152	C	3072	C	192	C	12
D	53248	D	3328	D	208	D	13
E	57344	E	3584	E	224	E	14
F	61440	F	3840	F	240	F	15

For example, HEX A38F converts to 41871 as follows:

HEX 1000's Digit	HEX 100's Digit	HEX 10's Digit	HEX 1's Digit	Result
40960	768	128	15	41871 Decimal