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== Tips == | == Tips == | ||
| − | *Long hexadecimal numbers may require an online calculator to convert to decimal. You can also skip the work and have a online converter do the work for you, although it's a good idea to understand how the process works.<ref>http://www.mathsisfun.com/binary-decimal-hexadecimal-converter.html</ref> | + | *Long hexadecimal numbers may require an online calculator to convert to decimal. You can also skip the work and have a online converter do the work for you, although it's a good idea to understand how the process works.<ref name="rf15343">http://www.mathsisfun.com/binary-decimal-hexadecimal-converter.html</ref> |
| − | *You can adapt the "hexadecimal to decimal" conversion to convert any other base ''x'' numbering system to decimal. Just replace the powers of sixteen with powers of ''x'' instead. Try learning the base-60 Babylonian counting system!<ref>http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/Babylonian_numerals.html</ref> | + | *You can adapt the "hexadecimal to decimal" conversion to convert any other base ''x'' numbering system to decimal. Just replace the powers of sixteen with powers of ''x'' instead. Try learning the base-60 Babylonian counting system!<ref name="rf15344">http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/Babylonian_numerals.html</ref> |
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